Second inauguration of President Thomas Woodrow Wilson at the United States Capitol in Washington DC. President Wilson with First Lady of the United States Edith Bolling Galt Wilson in carriage. Carriages carrying the President and party leaving the White House on their way to the Capitol for the inauguration. Views of the crowd gathered at the United States Capitol. Officials arriving and being seated for the ceremony. Intermittent views of the Inaugural parade. President Wilson taking the oath of office for his second term, during World War I.
President of the United States Ronald Reagan's policies in the United States. President Ronald Reagan makes a speech about small business. People on a sidewalk. A man speaks about the failure of the minority business. President Reagan greets people and presents a momento. People praise president Reagan. Ronald Reagan delivers a speech in front of White House. People seated in garden listen to the President. People on sidewalk. Automobile traffic on road. The president speaks about the difference between a small business man and a large business man. A man presents his views on Reagan's policies towards small business man. Shops in a market place in an area of the United States with mostly Hispanic or Latin American owned small businesses.
Ambassadors in White House to meet with President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Washington DC. Spanish ambassador to United States Don Fernando De Los Rios Urruti disembarks from a car. He enters the White House. He poses for pictures at the conclusion of a meeting (he is without a country as the Spanish Civil War has just ended with Franco's Nationalist forces winning, so Fernando De Los Rios, as a Nationalist Spanish leader, no longer represents Spain). He leaves after conferring to President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Cameramen click pictures. Italian ambassador to U.S. Prince Ascanio Colonna in White House with another official. Officials talk to one another.
The 25th Anniversary of Wright brother's first aircraft flight is celebrated in Washington DC, United States. Crowd of delegates in front of building. President of the United States John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. and his secretary stand on steps of building. Assistant Secretary of War for Aeronautics Frederick Trubee Davison,aviator Charles Augustus Lindbergh, businessman Harry Frank Guggenheim, Assistant Secretary of Navy Warner also present. Pilot Clarence Duncan Chamberlin present. Delegates from Venezuela present. Irish aviator Mary Lady Heath. Orville Wright honored stands amidst group of delegates. United States Secretary of Commerce William Fairfield Whiting and Orville Wright sitting.
U.S. President John F. Kennedy's Civil Rights Address in Washington DC. United States President Kennedy seated at a desk and speaks over a microphone. Following events in Alabama, the President speaks about ending the discrimination of blacks by whites in the United States. He says that it's time for the Congress to act. President Kennedy says that he will ask the Congress of the United States to act, to make a commitment it has not fully made in this century to the proposition that race has no place in American life or law. He talks about the necessary measures that Congress can provide. The President, in his speech, asks the Congress to enact legislation giving all Americans the right to be served the facilities which are open to the public. He talks about his meeting with the business leaders and urges them to take voluntary action to end this discrimination. The President says that he has also asked the Congress to authorize the Federal Government to participate more fully in lawsuits designed to end segregation in public education. He also speaks about giving employment for African American citizens. President Kennedy, in his speech, pays tribute to those citizens of North and South who have been working in their communities to make life better for all. The President asks for support of all the citizens so that the discrimination can be removed and civil rights upheld.
A film titled 'Echos' depicts the contribution of various personalities to the history of the United States. A dome of the U.S. Capitol Building. The Thomas Jefferson statue at the Jefferson Memorial (16 E Basin Dr SW, Washington, DC 20242, United States). Birds in water. The Washington Monument. Statues and the Washington Monument. Statue of Hamilton McMillan. An equestrian statue of George Washington. The tomb of Charles Pierre L' Enfant (Pierre Lenfant Gravesite Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia United States) in Arlington, Virginia. A map of the city. L' Enfant tomb in the background. A drawing of Washington DC. The statue of Thomas Jefferson. A drawing of Washington DC. Statue of Frederic von Steuben. Statue of Tadeusz Kościuszko. The Civil War statue. The statue of Frederick Douglass. The statue of Joan of Arc (Statue de Jeanne d'Arc, Canton de Reims-1, 51100, Reims, France) in front of Reims Cathedral.
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