Americans gather for the Civil Rights march in Washington DC known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Aerial views of the National Mall area from the Washington Monument toward the Lincoln Memorial, and opposite from the Lincoln Memorial toward the Washington Monument. Reflecting pool in the middle. Navy Munitions Buildings beside. A passenger railroad train on railway tracks arriving at a station in Washington DC. Locomotive comes to a stop at station. People come out of the train. They sing "We shall not be moved" and hold "Freedom" and "Freedom now" banners in their hands and cheer. They get into a bus. African American man speaks on a microphone and addresses march participants nearing arrival at the March. They pass out signs and banners. Several men smoke cigarettes and one smokes a pipe on the bus. People wear caps that say "Freedom Now" and "UAW". Washington DC city residents on sidewalks wave towards the people on the bus and they wave back.
A large number of Americans gather to participate in the Civil Rights march in Washington DC known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. People gather at the grounds of the Washington Monument. Singer Joan Baez sings "We Shall Overcome" with a guitar in front of the crowd. People sit with boards and placards. Vehicles parked in the background. Flags in the background and the Washington Monument base visible. Vehicles move on the street including many buses arriving. Singer Odetta (Odetta Holmes) plays a guitar and sings "I'm On My Way". Crowd includes young and old, and African American and white citizens. Crowd cheers and applauds.
Allen Dulles, CIA director, boards a U-4B plane at Washington National Airport. Aircraft taxis out as directed. Other airplanes in the background. Vice president Nixon walks towards a helicopter and boards the helicopter.
CH-21B takes off from a helicopter pad at Pentagon. VIP's arrive towards the helicopter. Men walk on the helicopter pad. Trees on the ground. Bags on the ground. CH-21B's No 2 and 3 take off.
Generals arrive to meet General Willard Gordan Wyman at the Pentagon in Arlington Virginia. He gets the Distinguished Service Medal. Allen Dulles, Chief of CIA, and others applaud. The General and Mrs. Wyman shake hands with their well wishers. Brucker shakes hands with General Wyman. Other people follow. They greet the General and his wife. Awards and medal framed on wall. Adjutant General reads citation. General Walter Bedell Smith dressed in civvies. General Nathan.
View of the White House. President Lyndon Johnson accompanied by FBI Director, J. Edgar Hoover, who speaks into microphone, thanking the President for the action he had taken, on Hoover's behalf. (Johnson waived the mandatory retirement age of 70, to allow Hoover to continue as Director of the FBI.) Visitor looking at displays in the FBI headquarters, in Washington, DC, including the "Ten Most Wanted." Hoover testifying before the Senate Committee investigating Crime, chaired by Senator Estes Kefauver. View of J Edgar Hoover entering an office room and giving a speech in an FBI office late in his career.
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