Sesquicentennial in Washington DC. Recounting of the development of washington, DC. View of the Lincoln Memorial and the reflecting pool. Sculpture of Abraham Lincoln by Daniel Chester French inside the memorial. Cherry trees at the West Potomac Park. The National Museum on the National Mall and Freer Gallery of Art. The Botanical Gardens. Union Square with statues of General Grant and General Meade. The old Interior Department building. Navy Ammunition building and temporary World War buildings. View of the Supreme Court building.
Sesquicentennial in Washington DC. Recounting of the development of Washington, DC. The Arlington Memorial Bridge built across the Potomac River in the year 1930. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers and Arlington National Cemetery Amphitheater. Construction of the Labor and Commerce buildings.
Sesquicentennial in Washington DC. History of development of Washington DC. Military parade on Pennsylvania Avenue circa World War I period, with General Pershing on horse in the front. Scenes from a presidential inaugural parade on the avenue. View of automobile traffic on Pennsylvania Avenue in the year 1926. Shops, offices and buildings alongside the street. Models are shown of the Federal Triangle: ship buildings, Departments of justice, labor and commerce, and the Municipal Centers.
From film dealing with sesquicentennial in Washington DC, released 1950. Review of development of Washington, DC. Model of the Memorial Bridge and the Constitution Avenue in the year 1930. A model of the Jefferson Memorial. The Agriculture Building and building for the members of the House of Representatives. Elevated view of 15 blocks of old slum and run down home and office buildings in the Federal Triangle area that had been marked for destruction. Narrator characterizes them as "unsightly and useless sections of the city." Men work in demolition of slum area. They push over a building wall during clearing of the area. Crane with wrecking ball demolishes building in the Federal Triangle area. View of Department of Commerce under construction circa 1931. Construction of the Post Office Department building is seen underway in the same period.
History of development of Washington, DC. Views of buildings and traffic in Washington DC. Federal Trade Commission building at intersection of Constitution Avenue and Independence Avenue. Late 1940s automobile traffic moves on streets of Washington DC. Views of the National Archives Building, Department of Justice, and the Bureau of Internal Revenue building (Internal Revenue Service or IRS). The Commerce Commission building. Visitors at the National Gallery of Art view the sculptures, decorative art and paintings, including sculpture of bust of Louise Brongniart by Jean-Antoine Houdon, and a painting by Edward Savage of George Washington and family viewing an early planning map of Washington DC.
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.
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