A man in an overcoat and cap, walks along the Shaw neighborhood sidewalk of 7th Street NW, in Washington DC, on April 7, 1968 (Palm Sunday, and Day of National Mourning for Martin Luther King Jr. after his assassination). The man passes a Salvation Army store, and various storefronts including one selling home appliances, as he approaches the corner of 7th St NW and N St NW, Washington DC. Camera zooms in on front of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church across the corner at 1315 8th Street NW., where decorative palms are displayed on the church door. Camera moves close to church and pans up toward bell tower and down again showing parishioners leaving the church holding sprigs of palms. A priest in colored vestments greets individuals as they leave. On the sidewalk below the steps, two priests stand and also greet parishioners as they leave. Camera position returns to intersection of 7th St NW and N St NW, with view of the Seventh Street Savings Bank building at 1300 7th Street, then a part of the National Bank of Washington (that signage visible at top of the building's side facing N St NW.) Pedestrians walk by on 7th St NW., crossing N St NW.
A new speedboat record is made on Lake Washington in Seattle, Washington DC. Seattle auto dealer Stanley Sayres gets into his hydroplane 'Slo-Mo-Shun'. A man looks through a sighting instrument. The hydroplane moves on Lake Washington. He averages 160 plus miles per hour.
Goodwill games conducted at Seattle, Washington. Ted Turner speaks at a conference of Goodwill games. The logo of the second games in Seattle. A stadium. Ted Turner speaks about the participants from 54 countries. Participants of weight lifting, race long jump and high jump perform in Olympics. Spectators watch the games.
Congressional medal of valor being presented in Seattle, Washington. Sailors lined up on board a ship off the coast of Seattle, Washington. Lieutenant Arthur W. Davis, Commander of Coast Guard cutter Red wing. Lieutenant Davis being presented the Congressional medal of valor on board the ship for saving lives of 16 sailors during a storm.
The S.S. "Queen" docked at Seattle, Washington, boarding prospective miners bound for the gold fields of Yukon territory, Canada, during the Klondike Gold Rush. Would-be miners crowd the decks of the ship and the dock. They carry personal belongings, supplies and tools. (Edison Company,filmed August 6, 1897, in Seattle, Washington)
A flight around the world. A globe rotates. U.S. President Calvin Coolidge bids goodbye to army airmen. The President and Major General Mason Patrick and the fliers on a lawn of the White House, Washington DC. The journey starts from Seattle, Washington. Douglas World Cruisers ( DWC ) in flight. The DWCs parked in a bay. A forest in the background. They arrive at Chignik Bay, Alaska. The aircraft in flight. An iceberg. Lieutenant Lowell Smith stands on one of the pontoons and works with propellers on his DWC. The DWCs in flight from America to Asia. The aviators are welcomed by Japanese officials in Yetorufu, Japan. Japanese children playing in a school yard. A child has a Japanese and a U.S. flag, one in each hand. They reach Hong Kong, China. A fleet of native junks to welcome them. In Calcutta, India , a DWC taxis on water. A large number of people gather around a DWC. A crane lifts a DWC out of water. The aviators land in Constantinople. People around the aircraft. They reach Paris, France.. Aerial views of the city. Mrs. Maclaren congratulates the airmen in London, England. The crew of USS Richmond cheers the aviators. The aviators board their aircraft from a small boat. People watch as the aircraft land in Labrador, Canada. The DWCs are anchored in a bay and the aviators are brought to the shore in a boat. Naval officers greet them. The aircraft in flight over the Boston skyline. A motor launch in Boston Harbor. The DWCs land on water. The aviators arrive at the dock in the motor launch and are greeted by officials. They fly over New York. A large crowd greets the aviators at Mitchel Field, Long Island. They arrive at Bolling Field in Washington and are congratulated by President Coolidge and U.S. Secretary of War John Wingate Weeks. The three DWCs are followed by an XNBL-1 Barling bomber in flight in Dayton. Lt. Jack Harding is welcomed home. The world flight ends in Seattle, Washington. Photographers click pictures as a DWC lands. Major Martin greets aviators standing beside a DWC.
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