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Hippies protest at the Department of Justice during 1971 May Day Vietnam War Protests
Washington DC Metropolitan Police arrest Vietnam War protestors during the May Day Protests in 1971. Sit-in protesters at The Department of Justice with sign reading, “FREE AMERICA’S POLITICAL PRISONERS”. Police officer with a megaphone speaks to anti-war protesters. Sign above protesters reads, “TRY WAR CRIMINALS NOT WAR RESISTERS”. Policeman arrests a woman raising her fist. Policemen escort and drag protesters to buses. A female protester, holding a child, sits alone in front of the doors of the Department of Justice. Hippie protesters cheer as one of them gets arrested by the police. A hippie man is arrested by the police. Police in front of the United States Department of Justice building (950 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20530) watching protestors. Hippies hold fists in the air while singing during sit-in protest in front of the Department of Justice. Policemen arrest protesters one by one, utilizing field arrest reports on the scene. An African American in dispute with a group of policemen arresting him. Young man with fist raised sitting on top of column during Department of Justice protest while TV cameraman films him. Southern Christian leaders are filmed by TV crews as they join in the protest. Protesters singing and sitting, some wearing symbolic blindfolds. African American policemen observe protestors. Hippies sing, "we shall not be moved." Metropolitan Police Department police arrest protestors. An African American policeman writes a field arrest report. A man with hands on his head during his arrest while photo journalist takes pictures Map of the Washington DC area, with the West Potomac Park labeled. Aerial view of the West Potomac Park near the Potomac River. Map of the North Washington DC area, with Rock Creek Park labeled. 1971 May Day hippie protesters camping in West Potomac Park. Close up of May Day protest manual with words in bold, "Every participant should bring a transistor radio."
Film illustrating participation of African Americans in U.S. history from Colonial times to after the Civil War
Opening scene shows African American congregation in church, during World War 2, listening to their preacher speak about liberty. Closeup of the Minister speaking. As he refers to the seed of Liberty taking root in Boston, a plaque on the gate of the Granary Burial Ground of 1660 is shown reading: "Within this ground are buried the victims of the Boston Massacre, March 5, 1770." The gate swings open revealing the cemetery. Next, an illustration of British Redcoats shooting into a crowd on that occasion is shown. Closeup of the illustration shows an African American, named Crispus Attucks, falling as the first victim of the gunfire. A monument to him on Boston Common, is then shown. Closeup of the monument. Excerpt from a film about the Revolutionary War shows reenactment of the battle off Concord. The 221-foot granite obelisk at Bunker Hill, Boston, is seen, marking the site of the first major battle of the American Revolutionary War. A musket is seen with a sign attached reading: "Gun belonged to Peter Salem, a colored man who carried it at Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill, and with it shot Maj. Pitcairn." (Refers to Major John Pitcairn, a Scottish Marine officer, killed at the battle of Bunker Hill.) Illustration and painting of Peter Salem with his musket in the company of other patriots, is shown, as well as a glimpse of a mass reenactment of the battle of Bunker Hill. Next is seen the famous 1851 oil-on-canvas painting of Washington Crossing the Delaware, by the German American artist Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze. Closeup of one oarsman, identified as African American, Prince Whipple. Film Reenactment of the ragtag American army at Valley Forge in the snow, shows their suffering. Among them is an actor in the role of African American, Salem Poor, who had purchased his freedom from slavery and fought with Washington's army. A bell ringing and the American flag of 13 stars signifying the 1776 Victory. Film reenactments of pioneers including whites and African Americans working together, felling trees and building forts and barns, and the like. Scene shifts to a man of war ship under sail firing a salvo from its cannons. This is followed by illustrations of Commodore Perry in the battle of Lake Erie, during the War of 1812. In a dory with Perry is a black man named Tyler Thompson. War ships exchange gunfire. Narrator cites Perry's famous words of victory: "We have met the enemy and they are ours." Scene shifts to a painting of American general Andrew Jackson and his troops, at the Battle of New Orleans, in 1815. A battle reenactment shows a black American soldier participating. Postwar view of American ship building activity. View of a large sailing vessel. Cannon fire ushers in the Civil War in 1861 as Confederates fire on Fort Sumter. Images of combat are overlaid by the statue of Abraham Lincoln in his memorial at Washington, DC. Next, settlers are seen heading West in a wagon train. Camera focuses on a black couple who are part of the wagon train. White and African American men work side-by-side building a railroad. An early steam locomotive races along the tracks. .
Bicycle riders, horse riders, a hockey match, horse polo and a game of baseball at parks in Washington DC, United States.
People at parks in Washington DC, United States. A man jogging on Memorial Bridge, with Arlington House visible in distance, behind him. The bridge lined by street lamps on one side. People with back packs bicycling on a path. A group of women playing softball in a park. Rowing crew lifting a racing shell from Potomac River. A sailboat in the river. A man and woman canoeing. A man and a woman with back packs walking on a path in a park. People riding bicycles on a path. Men riding horses in a park. A group of men playing field hockey on a grassy ground. A goal post in view. A few men on horseback playing polo in the park. Players during a baseball game in the park. The winners of the game hugging each other after the game. The Washington Monument in the background. Several trees in the park.
Scenes of Washington DC, and people working inside various Federal buildings and government offices in Washington DC (WW2)
A World War II documentary titled 'Boomtown DC', a part of 'This is America' series, compares Washington DC to an industrial boomtown where the big business is government. 1930's and 1940's cars parked along a tree-lined street in a Washington DC neighborhood with homes visible. A cat jumps down from a wall behind a neighborhood home, with the U.S. Capitol seen in the background. Scene changes to U.S. Capitol building exterior close up. Close up views of souvenir stand trinkets in Washington DC, including banners, snow globes, and postcards of buildings and monuments of the city. View on the National Mall in Washington DC toward the Lincoln Memorial, interrupted by temporary wartime elevated walkways erected between buildings of the rapidly expanding Navy Department on either side of the National Mall. Smoke stacks from the chimneys of a factory superimposed over various images of buildings in the city. A woman exiting a voting booth, followed by a man entering the same voting booth and closing the curtain. A US Army guard standing outside the White House. Exterior of the newly built Pentagon War Department building in Arlington Virginia. Sign "War Department" on the War Department building at 21st and Virginia Avenues. Exterior view of a Navy Department building, then exterior view of the Treasury Department building. Close up view of hands holding and flipping through a stack of IRS individual tax return documents, then of hands sorting through a stack of U.S. government bonds. View of the Justice Department, and then view of sign on the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Scientists in a laboratory operate various equipment and run tests. A scientist near some beakers and test tubes in the lab. Scientists look through microscopes. View of underground rifle range in the FBI building as personnel practice marksmanship. View toward shooters on the range during firing, and toward targets. US Army guard in front of the State Department building. Exterior view of the Department of Labor building and sign. View of the U.S. Office of War Information building (OWI) with sign "US Information" inscribed in large letters on the top of the building (possibly the "Temporary V Building" of the OWI?) Exterior view of the Supreme Court Building. View of Declaration of Independence document on display. Exerior view of U.S. Capitol, then view of House of Representatives in session. U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt seated at a desk signs a document. Citizens and workers walking on streets of Washington DC. Sopme people enter the Department of Agriculture building. Men and women enter the Office of War Information. Civilian and military hats being hung on a hat rack. Hand reaches for a 1940's era telephone. Women filing papers, views of filing cabinets. Close-up of 1940s era typewriters in use.
The Astronomical Observatory of the Illinois Watch Company in Springfield, Illinois.
The intricate processes in the manufacture of watch parts at the Illinois Watch Company in Springfield, Illinois. View of the Astronomical Observatory. An old man operates 'Transit' device used to obtain accurate time by observing the passage of stars across the meridian. A 'Chronograph' machine is shown where the time obtained from the 'Transit' is compared with a sidereal clock. Telescope is used for general astronomical observation.
Statues of noble men at public parks and circles in Washington DC, USA.
Several statues of famous and noble men at major parks and circles in Washington DC, USA. People in park.
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