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The Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC, United States.

Monuments in Washington DC, United States. Several ducks swimming in the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20024, United States) with the Washington Monument behind, and Capitol visible in distance. A street lighted in the night. View of the Potomac River, the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument, and the U.S. Capitol, in single view, early morning. A street in downtown Washington DC. Cars moving on a road and buildings on either side of the road. The U.S. Capitol building (First St SE, Washington, DC 20004, United States) seen in the background. The Washington Monument (2 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20024, United States) in view. Equestrian statue at George Washington, at Washington Circle in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Capitol viewed at dawn, along an empty Pennsylvania Avenue. The Washington Monument, seen from space between buildings. Equestrian statue of Civil War hero, Major General John A. Logan (Washington, DC 20005, United States), at Logan Circle, Rhode Island Avenue and 13th St. NW. The U.S. Capitol dome. View from Memorial Bridge, of Lincoln Memorial and Washington monument (in distance).

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1972
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066408
J. Edgar Hoover, FBI Director, arriving at Washington-Hoover Airport in Arlington, Virginia

J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) returns by airplane to Washington DC area after visiting Tacoma, Washington during the investigation into the kidnapping of 10 year old boy Charles Mattson from his house in Tacoma, Washington. Hoover's plane landing at the Washington Airport, also known as the Washington-Hoover airport, (and before that as Hoover Field) in Arlington, Virginia. The airport was located southwest of the intersection of the George Washington Parkway and the 14th Street Bridge in an area now under the water of the Boundary Channel, which was later dredged and enlarged to provide fill for Pentagon construction and to allow supply barge access during construction of the adjacent Pentagon. View of the airport terminal with sign "Washington Airport" visible on it. Hoover's plane flying over Military Road and arriving on the landing field. As it nears the airfield for landing, smoke is seen in the distance, likely burning at the garbage dump located near the river. Also seen are high tension electrical wires, industrial smokestacks, 600 foot radio towers, and other industrial buildings visible just past the narrow airfield. The plane taxis past the Eastern Air Transport hangar and other airport structures. Various billboard advertisements visible in the background on some of the buildings. Very brief 3-frame segment where J. Edgar Hoover is seen exiting the airplane operated by American Airlines. He steps into his car. He's seen shadowed in the car, talking to someone. The car drives away onto Military Road or Route 1.

Location: Arlington Virginia USA
Date: 1937, January
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036431
President Franklin Roosevelt speaks on problems in the society, during his Annual Message to the Congress in Washington DC.

U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt delivers his Annual Message to Congress in Washington DC, USA. In his speech he makes the following remarks, 'American must head in the direction of a greater satisfaction in life for the average man. Democracy must find solutions for far-reaching problems. Millions of Americans in slums and small cities live in habitations which fail to provide benefits of modern civilization breed disease and impair the health of future generations. Tenant farmers could be provided with some financial assistance, advice and training, to make them self-supporting on land which can eventually belong to them. Social security system needs to be developed. Immediate industrial and commercial activity does not justify the unemployment problem'.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1937, January 6
Duration: 2 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050242
Bands and cadets march on rain soaked Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC, during Franklin Roosevelt's second inaugural parade.

President Franklin Roosevelt's motorcade moves on the wet Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC, USA during his second inaugural parade. Large crowd of spectators stands behind fence. Bands play and march in honor of the President. Cadets march in formations. Announcement on loudspeakers made in the background. Ambient sound from the bands and marchers is heard during the clip.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1937, January 20
Duration: 4 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050264
Views of Japan and its militarism from 1937 through 1943 . Construction of B-29 bombers in the United States

Volcanic eruption and creation of island of Japan. Glimpse of map of Japan. Gardens and rivers. Two men demonstrate samurai sword techniques. Japanese soldiers advance through smoke carrying rising sun flag. Chinese suffering under Japanese military occupation. Two executed with rifles. Japanese soldiers waving weapons and red ball flags. A DC-3 aircraft flying over a Japanese Pagoda. Vies of Old Japan. Farmers at work. One manually turning a water pump with his feet. A man using a pole to propel a boat. Modern methods adopted in Japan for terraced farming. Japanese building railroads. Japanese modern locomotive on South Manchurian Railway. in 1934. A Japanese twin engine bomber taking off. The Japanese ocean liner, Asama Maru, in the 1930s. Glimpse of numerous ships in Tokyo harbor. Western style architecture in modern Tokyo buildings. Neon lights on the Grand Palace Hotel and other establishments in Tokyo. Industrial smoke stacks. Women at work in a silk factory. Finished product stamped "Made in Japan."Steel ingots being made in a Japanese steel mill using scrap iron imported from the U.S.A. Chinese victims of 2nd Sino-Japanese War. Japanese troops on parade. Dead American Marines on shore of Tarawa Atoll in the Pacific in World War 2, killed in battle. Japanese high ranking officers reviewing troops on parade. Japanese warships underway. Troops parading beneath the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. American B-25 bombers on flight deck of the USS Hornet, headed to bomb Tokyo.A crew of Doolittle's Raiders standing by their plane. B-25 taking off from the Hornet. Formation of B-25s in flight. View from bomber of smoke rising from bombing of Tokyo below. Brigadier General Jimmie Doolittle pledging to repeat bombing of Tokyo. Supply train entering a Boeing Company defense plant. United States war production workers being scrutinized as they enter the facility and punching in at a time clock. Poster in the plant picturing a B-29 bomber aircraft on a message in German describing it as an instrument for a "Destruction Battle against the Luftwaffe." Bold letters, above, in English read: "They're Promised-Let's Deliver 'em!" And, below, the words: "B-29, Super Bombers." Slabs of aluminum sheets fill a factory room. Overhead traveling cranes move them. Workers in airplane manufacturing and assembly plant use heat and brakes to shape the aluminum sheets. Multiple views of the aluminum being machined and stamped to specifications. Wings being fabricated. Relatively unskilled labor using jigs to perform the work. Woman war worker operating an overhead crane moving a wing in the plant. Views of plane parts moving across the ceiling via cranes. Women workers driving rivets into wings. Men and women employees working inside fuel fuel compartments of wings. A floor full of engine nacelles. A floor full of 2200 HP radial engines. A skeleton nose section being fabricated. Midsections and bomb bays being assembled. Workers crawling through the airframe during aircraft assembly. A woman working on a connecting tunnel. Sub-assemblies made by contractors arriving at the plant. More views of Boeing employees including young, old, men, and women, at work in the plant.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 11 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046523
J Edgar Hoover, Director, Bureau of Investigation, arrives in Arlington during investigation of murder of Charles Mattson

Authorities investigating a case of kidnapping and cold blooded murder of little boy Charles Mattson, in Tacoma Washington. J. Edgar Hoover, Director of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), States Department of Justice flies to Washington DC. Plane of Hoover landing in Arlington Virginia at Washington Airport, also known as Washington-Hoover Airport, and before that Hoover Field. (It was southwest of the intersection of the George Washington Parkway and the 14th Street Bridge in an area now under the water of the Boundary Channel). J Edgar Hoover seen walking to the side of the main terminal of the Washington-Hoover Airport, and getting into his car after his chauffeur opens the door for him. Public notice showing $10000 reward on killer. Text relaying description of the killer.

Location: Arlington Virginia USA
Date: 1937, January 13
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036422
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