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The White House, the Lincoln Memorial and buildings in Washington DC, United States.

Monuments in Washington DC, United States. The White House in Washington DC. Fountains in the garden in front of the White House. Mount Vernon in morning mist. Famed Japanese cherry blossoms. A woman walking on a path by the tidal basin with Cherry blossoms all around. View of Jefferson Memorial across the tidal basin, framed by cherry tree in bloom. A sentry of the Third United States Infantry, The Old Guard, maintaining a 24-hour vigil at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetary. A signboard in a lawn reads 'Frederick Douglass Home' and a house in the background. A flight of steps leading to the house. View of tall buildings along a street in the city. A sign advertising "Godspell" outside Ford's Theater, beside a street lamp on a sidewalk, and across the street, a sign on the railing of the first floor of the building reads 'House where Lincoln died'. The red-colored Smithsonian "Castle" building. Rhinosaurus statue in front of the Smithsonian museum of natural history, on the mall. Water flowing by locks ot the C&O canal, and a canal barge afloat within a lock.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1972
Duration: 2 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066409
Residential apartment developments east of Pennsylvania Avenue and near Oxon Hill and other areas outside Washington DC

1940s views of new housing units in the form of residential apartment buildings east of Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. Apartments with parking garages under them across the South Capitol street bridge near the Oxon Hill area. A 1940s sedan car pulls into a parking garage under an apartment building. Next view is out Maryland Avenue and over Bladensburg Avenue to the northeast, showing apartments and other buildings in the Greenbelt area. Car traffic is seen driving through the University of Maryland campus. Apartment construction underway in areas near the University of Maryland. Construction of Colonial Village, with aerial and ground level views of the site. Traffic driving along the Mount Vernon Highway with the Potomac River beside it (later George Washington Parkway). Apartment building construction in Alexandria. Busy traffic scene of commuters arriving in Washington DC on a work day. People get on and off trolley car lines in Washington, D.C. Other commuters wait to board a bus. Late 1940s automobile traffic on street in Washington, D.C.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1949
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073230
U.S. President Harry S. Truman and India's Prime Minister Nehru review Marines, Air Corps and Navy Units in Washington DC.

India's Prime Minister Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru being welcomed by U.S. President Harry S. Truman in Washington DC. President Truman, Prime Minister Nehru and other dignitaries stand at attention at George Washington's tomb at Mount Vernon. They review Marines, Air Corps and Navy Units. They walk together with Army and Navy Units in the background. Presidential Party with Prime Minister Nehru leave the National Airport in open touring car.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1949, December 27
Duration: 2 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046666
British Royal couple pay tributes and meet U.S. President Roosevelt in United States during their visit.

British monarchs King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visit tje United States. King George lays a wreath at the tomb of George Washington at Mount Vernon. King and Queen go to Arlington Cemetery and pay tribute to the unknown soldier. People stand besides street and at roof top to cheer the Royal couple. Royal couple at the state luncheon, enjoy sightseeing and review troops . U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife along with the Royal couple at Hyde Park in New York.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1939, June 12
Duration: 2 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046697
Inaugural air mail service in 1918; a R-4 helicopter in 1943 carries mail to an airport for air delivery in Washington DC, United States.

The 25th Anniversary of the Air Mail Service in the United States. Past events from year 1918 show the inauguration of air mail in the United States. A man holds an envelope to be delivered by air. President Woodrow Wilson talks to a pilot. Scene changes to 1943 in front of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington DC, on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Air Mail Service. A U.S. Army Sikorsky R-4 helicopter lands outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC. The pilot speaks to the helicopter designer, Igor Sikorsky, and receive a special package of mail. The helicopter is seen landing in Arlington Virginia at recently opened Washington National Airport, to deliver the package to a waiting aircraft. Crowd of people gathered outside at Washington National Airport terminal building to watch the helicopter landing. Mail being loaded aboard an air mail aircraft. The helicopter takes off.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065878
Dedication of Marine Corps War Memorial at Quantico Virginia, and sculptor Felix de Weldon working on sculpture for Arlington location.

The U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial original statue during its unveiling ceremony at the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia on November 10, 1951 (This is after the statue had been moved from its original Constitution Avenue location in Washington DC in 1947, and subsequently renovated under sculptor de Weldon's supervision while it was in Quantico.). A sign on the memorial reads "Uncommon valor was a common virtue, 1945." Next scenes show sculptor Felix de Weldon as he works to build the larger Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Virginia, which was dedicated in November 1954. Felix de Weldon measuring a model of the flag raising on Iwo Jima made by him. de Weldon and others on his team work to carve the large war memorial in plaster before it is cast in bronze. Views of the sculpted faces of the six Marines who raised the flag on Iwo Jima: Faces of John Bradley, Rene Gagnon, Ira Hayes, Franklin Sousley, Harlon Block and Michael Strank. Brief glimpse of the original flag raising scene on Mount Suribachi in February 1945. Next scene, circa 1954 or 1955, shows the completed Marine Corps War Memorial in bronze, in Arlington Virginia, with Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial landmarks of Washington DC in the background. Close-up views of faces of a young boy, an elderly woman, and a middle aged man who removes his hat. American flag fluttering in the breeze atop the war memorial.

Location: Virginia United States USA
Date: 1955
Duration: 5 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022004
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