Sesquicentennial in Washington DC. Animated map of the development plan of the Treasury Department building in 1834. View of the landmark Treasury Department building. The American flag flutters in wind from a flagpole atop the building. The statue of the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in front of the building.
At time of sesquicentennial celebrations of the city of Washington DC: City development planning underway by the Planning Commission in Washington DC. Animated map of Washington DC by the National Geographic Society. Statue in a park. National Commission of Fine Arts members study sites for the Equestrian statues at Arlington Memorial Bridge. The commission members are seen walking across the Arlington Memorial Bridge from the Virginia side to the Washington DC side. View of the Lincoln Memorial and 1940s era cars in traffic circle and on Arlington Memorial Bridge. Commission members examine mock-ups of equestrian statues atop pylons at the Washington DC entrance to the bridge. (In 1951, the Arts of War Sculptures, named Sacrifice and Valor, by Leo Friedlander, were erected in those positions). National Capital Park and Planning Commission personnel are seen working at drafting tables in their offices in the Department of the Interior building. The Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission members meets in the Lord Calvert Mansion in Riverdale for future planning. Exterior view of the Lord Calvert Mansion. Inside, the commission meets and a man points to and explains a chart on traffic control. The chart, dated September 1947, shows traffic flow into Washington DC during the "peak hour" of traffic, during which 58,000 automobiles pass through the area being studied. Elevated, aerial view from the U.S. Capitol Dome looking out across the city of Washington DC and on to the Potomac River and Virginia on the other side of the river.
U.S. A-26 aircraft in the European Theater during World War II. United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) A-26s Invader bomber aircraft fly in formation. Pilot at controls in the cockpit. View of the bomb bay of aircraft.
U.S. A-26 aircraft in the European Theater during World War II. United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) A-26 Invader bomber aircraft in flight over field. A-26s aircraft parked at airfield. A-26s Invader bomber aircraft fly in formation over sea.
U.S. A-26 aircraft in the European Theater during World War II. United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) A-26s Invader bomber aircraft in flight over target area. Incendiary bombs drop from open bomb bay. Smoke column rises as bombs hits target area. A-26 aircraft fly in formation over sea.
U.S. A-26 aircraft in the European Theater during World War II. United States Army Air Forces A-26s Invader bomber aircraft fly in formation.
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