Drawings and sketches of Washington DC in the 18th and early 19th Century. A film titled 'Washington, D.C., A Living City', United States. 19th Century photographs including: view of a street in Washington DC with several buildings on either side of the road. View of a document entitled "Plan of the Dress Circle of Ford's New Theater, 10th Street, Washington, D.C. The Smithsonian "castle" building (1000 Jefferson Dr SW, Washington, DC 20560, United States), with a canal filled with water. View of Pennsylvania Avenue, with the Post Office building on the right. Open trolley cars moving in the street. The United States Capitol (First St SE, Washington, DC 20004, United States) is seen from a distance.
U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at his second inauguration takes oath of office in Washington DC, United States. The President stands in the background. Aerial view of the United States Capitol. The Chief Justice of the United States Charles Evans Hughes, Senior administers the oath. Franklin Delano Roosevelt is sworn in at the Capitol. People at the Capitol in heavy rains. The first lady of the United States Anna Eleanor Roosevelt and Franklin Delano Roosevelt enter a car. He reviews a parade at the White House. Latter part of clip includes portions of audio from Roosevelt's inaugural address speech overlaid on other scenes of the inauguration day.
President of the United States Lyndon Baines Johnson visits Cam Ranh Bay Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Troops including all service color guards break formation and run towards platform. President Johnson addresses troops. Presidential seal on door of a United States Air Force aircraft VC-137B aircraft. President Johnson talks to United States Army General William C Westmoreland and U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam Ellsworth Bunker. He boards the VC-137B aircraft. President waves from the top of the ramp. A red kangaroo painted on side of an aircraft. Ramp being rolled away from the aircraft. Ellsworth Bunker, Vice President of Vietnam Nguyen Cao Ky,William C Westmoreland and others walk on Air Base. William C. Westmoreland shakes hands with Nguyen Cao Ky. Ellsworth Bunker and General William Wallace Momyer in the background. Nguyen Cao Ky boards the United States Air Force aircraft T-39A.
Nazi spies involved in Operation Pastorius are tried in the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington DC. The exteriors of the Supreme Court of the United States. The captured would-be saboteurs are taken to the Court in armored paddy wagons to be tried for espionage, attempted sabotage, and treason. View of the accused riding in the vans, and the vans entering near court building. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent digs with a shovel on sand beaches in Long Island, New York, to find explosives stored there by the spies. FBI agent shows the incendiary devices carried by the Germans who landed on the Atlantic shore from a submarine. An FBI agent shows captured uniforms, belt containing money, wooden blocks loaded with hidden detonator caps, pens and pencils that contain incendiaries to start fires. An indendiary pencil is demonstrated. Seven U.S. Army Generals, appointed by President Roosevelt to hear the case, are seen outside the court building. The Generals enter the court. Two high ranking U.S. officers appointed to defend the accused are seen as they enter the court. Prisoners enter the court, escorted by guards. Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States, John Edgar Hoover, enters the courtroom. The officers sit. Attorney General of the United States Francis Beverley Biddle present and seen during court proceedings. Prisoners sit during the trial. (World War II period).
President of United States Thomas Woodrow Wilson visits the United States Military Academy at West Point in New York. Thomas Woodrow Wilson with First Lady of the United States Edith Bolling Galt. Wilson aboard the USS Mayflower (PY-1). Thomas Woodrow Wilson and Edith Bolling Galt Wilson get into a car. They arrive at the United States Military Academy at West Point. People gathered. The President presents graduation degrees to the cadets.
National monuments in Washington DC, United States. View of the Lincoln Memorial (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20002, United States) and Washington Monument. Statue of Abraham Lincoln by Daniel Chester French at the Lincoln memorial. Traffic on road. Exteriors of the Jefferson Memorial (16 E Basin Dr SW, Washington, DC 20242, United States). Boats in the Tidal Basin. Statue of Thomas Jefferson inside the memorial. The Washington Monument. Flag of the United States atop the White House. People walk in a garden lawn in front of the White House.
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