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Olympic Peninsula Washington USA 1938 stock footage and images

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William White and wife with their 17 children in Washington

Shows William White, a clerk in Treasury department with his wife and 17 children in Washington. White's wife exits car with infant in her arms followed by the other 16 children .The family lines up and poses for the camera with the Capitol Building in the background. January 1938.

Date: 1938, January
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028769
Vice President John Nance Garner tries on various hats in Washington DC.

Vice President John Nance garner tries on different hats for spring in Washington DC. Various hats in round boxes lie on table. President's Wife Ettie helps him out to choose the right hat April 1938.

Date: 1938, April
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028772
Surviving Union and Confederate Civil War veterans on parade in Washington DC, and at Gettysburg Battlefield.

Statue of Lincoln sitting on a chair in Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC, United States. Memorial Day parade including "The Boys in Blue", Union soldiers,veterans of the Civil War, in uniform, followed by Boy Scouts. Setting changes to Gettysburg battle field in Gettsyburg, Pennsylvania at the 1938 Gettysburg Reunion, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the battle in the American Civil War. Surviving Union and Confederate veterans reach across stone wall known as "the angle" to shake hands (average age 94 years old). Civil war veterans salute at the unveiling of the Peace Memorial monument, near a cannon. A Civil War Union soldier places flowers on a bed in the room where Abraham Lincoln wrote his famous 'Gettysburg Address'. He salutes and looks at a copy of Lincoln's handwritten speech, displayed on the wall. Civil War veterans sit around a camp fire, some in wheelchairs. One of them waves a Confederate Battle flag.

Date: 1938, July 3
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024129
Men load mail bags on a plane.

Men load a DC-3 airplane with mail bags. Transport truck brings more mail. 1918 Map of United States connects New York with Washington. 1923, 1928, 1933 and 1938 maps show further connections: Chicago, Salt Lake, San Francisco and other destinations. Men load mail bags on a plane. The DC-3 plane takes off. Dirigible in background.

Date: 1938, May 15
Duration: 1 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040099
Involvement and contributions of American soldiers in the history and development of the United States of America

The involvement of the American soldier in the history and growth of the United States from early 1900s until roughly 1938 before World War 2. Scenes of Washington DC and Mount Rainier. Two Confederate and one Union Uniformed veterans of the Civil War walk together in the Arlington National Cemetery, in Virginia. U.S. Soldiers marching during World War I. U.S Cavalry riding in parade during World War I. Views of cities and towns in which U.S. Army posts were established, in the United States. Army troops and cavalry creating trails and paths, and eventually railroads, in wilderness areas of the United States. View of the Presidio Army Base and the Golden Gate Bridge, California. Subtle references to U.S. Army accomplishments, curbing Mississippi River floods (Corps of Engineers) and conquering Yellow Fever (Army Doctor Walter Reed) with views of: point of view shot from moving railroad train in a Colorado canyon; a side wheeler River boat on the Mississippi River; a sugar cane field in Cuba. View of locks in the Panama Canal. Statue of World War I soldiers

Date: 1938
Duration: 2 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028431
A motorcade carrying Olympic hero Jesse Owens passes crowded New York streets during Olympic homecoming parade

A homecoming parade in New York City, welcoming Jesse Owens and other olympians following the Olympic games in Berlin Germany. A motorcade moves past a large crowd as ticker tape is thrown from buildings. Jesse Owens in a car waves at the crowd. Men seated on top of the car in the parade. Ticker tapes descend as large crowd cheers the heroes. Four African American olympic athletes ride in an open car together. The parade proceeds along 5th Avenue and New York City Streets from The Battery to Randalls Island.Part of street is torn up, forcing the motorcade into a narrow path. Parade passes underneath elevated railroad station.

Date: 1936, September 3
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049732