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Citizens in Washington DC prepare for parade celebrating World War I Armistice. President Wilson in his limousine.

An open truck filled with revelers, carrying American flags, travels along a street in Washington DC during World War 1 Armistice celebrations. Views from a moving vehicle passing crowds lined up on the sidewalk, in front of the State, War, and Navy Building (AKA the Old Executive Office Building, or EisenhowerExecutive Office Building) ready to view a parade. A group of women walking in a street in front of a crowd. They pass an automobile where several U.S. Army soldiers stand. Scene shifts to White House driveway, where people gather outside the fence. President Woodrow Wilson steps from the White House front entrance, with an officer and other officials, and enters his Pierce Arrow limousine, displaying license plate number 80002, and an AAA symbol on its radiator. Scene shifts to the President's car leaving the Capitol building, with Secret Service Agents riding on the running boards. A crowd breaking up in front of the Capitol, as the President's car leaves. A small group of persons, including soldiers in uniform and a woman, surround an Army officer who affixes a message to the leg of a carrier pigeon, and sets it free. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1918
Duration: 1 min 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675039603
Associate Justice Potter Stewart administers oath of office to theVice Presidential-elect George H. W. Bush in Washington DC.

Presidential Inaugural Ceremonies for Ronald Reagan on 20th January 1981 in Washington DC. Inaugural Ceremony at the terrace of West Front of the United States Capitol. Senator Mark Hatfield speaks into a microphone. He requests Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Potter Stewart to administer oath of office to the Vice Presidential-elect George H.W. Bush. George H. W. Bush accompanied by his wife Barbara Pierce Bush approaches the microphone for swearing in ceremony. Associate Justice Potter Stewart speaks. The crowd applauds. A band plays. The Presidential-elect Ronald Reagan can be seen in background. Barbara Bush waves at the crowd. Senator Hatfield takes over the microphone. The President's Own (US Marine Band) plays 'God of our Fathers'.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1981
Duration: 3 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053263
Armistice Day celebrations in Washington DC

Crowds turn out in the Nation's Capital, Washington, DC, to celebrate the armistice bringing an end to World War I. People waving American flags and expressing joy, fill Lafayette Park across the street from the White House. View from a car moving along street, showing cheering crowds everywhere. Scene shifts to White House, as President Woodrow Wilson, walks from the doorway to his waiting Pierce Arrow limousine, bearing license plate number 80 002. A Secret Service agent steps onto the running board, momentarily, and then the car proceeds. The next scene shows the President's car departing from the grounds of the Capitol, with a Secret Service agent riding the running board and two others running alongside in the roadway. The crowd at the U.S. Capitol begins to disperse. U.S. soldiers form a snaking line and march, holding on to each other's shoulders, led by a flamboyant African American celebrant, acting as drum major, who struts at the head of the line, proceeding in front of a trolley car, on Pennsylvania avenue. A soldier attempts to push the flamboyant man off of the parade route, but he perseveres in leading the parade. Another trolley car passes close to them as it moves in the opposite direction. Next, President Wilson is seen at the West Wing gate of the White house, conversing with Attorney General,Thomas Watt Gregory. A U.S. Army brass band marches past, followed by marching units of sailors, and Salvation Army women. A float with flags and representatives of Allied countries, is seen next in the parade. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1918, November 11
Duration: 2 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064442
U.S. Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes and other Supreme Court Justice members visit the White House in Washington DC.

U.S. Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes visits the White House in Washington DC. Chief Justice Hughes and other judicial members exit the building and pose for cameras. Line of a number of men including Justices. (1930 justices were: Harlan Stone, George Sutherland, Charles Evans Hughes, James McReynolds, Louis Brandeis, Pierce Butler, Willis Van Devanter, Benjamin Cardozo, Owen Roberts.)

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1930, October 13
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075513
President Franklin Roosevelt signs Selective Service draft bill of 1940 in Washington DC.

President Franklin Roosevelt in his office in Washington DC. He is seated at his desk and signs the draft bill (Selective Service and Training Act of 1940, or STSA) which was the first peacetime conscription in United States history. Officials and cabinet members standing nearby. Painting on a wall in the background. He reads the conditions of bill. He states that the legislation intended to increase our armed forces becomes law. All men between 21 and 35 must register beginning October 16th, 1940. He says that "the terrible fate of nations whose weakness invited attack is too well known to us all. We must and we will marshal our great potential strength to fend off war from our shores. We must and we will prevent our land from becoming a victim of aggression."

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1940, September 16
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046158
Street cars and traffic jams from 5 PM to 5:30PM on the mall and Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC in late 1940s

Traffic in Washington DC in late 1940s. Narrator notes that traffic jams from 5 PM to 5:30 PM on the mall and Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington D.C. Cars crossing the mall area. A woman driver waits for a passing street car at 15th and Pennsylvania Avenue. Streetcars or trolleys are seen, together with cars and buses, and view of traffic jam on Pennsylvania Avenue. View of L'Enfant's grave marker.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1949
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073231
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