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The Jefferson Memorial and the Washington Monument in Washington DC.
Monuments in Washington DC. Jefferson Memorial (16 E Basin Dr SW, Washington, DC 20242, United States) with the Washington Monument (2 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20024, USA) on its right. View of the Washington Monument. Snow covered ground and trees in front of the monument. Officer in uniform.
Aerial views of the Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument in Washington DC, USA.
Aerial views of Washington DC in United States. Fly-by shows Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20002, United States), bridge leading to the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument and surroundings including the Munitions Building and the Main Navy Building. Circling around the Jefferson Memorial (16 E Basin Dr SW, Washington, DC 20242, United States).
Demonstrators gather during the 1971 May Day Anti-Vietnam War protests.
Anti-war demonstrators gather during the 1971 May Day protests in Washington D.C.. Aerial view of Hains Point and protesters camping out in West Potomac Park in April, 1971. A man nails a May Day Protest poster on a tree, probably along Constitution Avenue. The May Day poster reads, "If our people fight one tribe at a time, all will be killed...Come to Washington, D.C. May 1-7." “The country should respond from coast-to-coast, with demonstrations and universities and communities across this country!” says Rennie Davis, an anti-war activist and one of the “Chicago Seven” defendants charged for anti-Vietnam War protests. Still image views of downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin from the Milwaukee River and the domes of the Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory, and streets of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Cars driving on roads near Washington D.C. Women walking across lawn near federal building in Washington, D.C. A tactical manual for “May Day”, with an image of Sitting Bull, the Hunkpapa Lakota leader who resisted against United States government policies, on its cover. A page title of the “May Day Tactical Manual” is written “The Mayday Scenario Saturday, April 24: Algonquin Peace City Opens”. Map of Washington DC showing the main targets of the May Day protests- the Selective Service System agency, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice Department and the Health, Education & Welfare Department. Sign reading, “National Headquarters Selective Service System”. Demonstrators from the People’s Coalition for Peace and Justice and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference attempt to break into the Selective Service System headquarters (1724 F Street NW in Washington, DC). Guards prevent protesters from entering the Selective Service System headquarters. Protesters hold burning money and burn draft cards in protest outside the Selective Service System headquarters. Protesters chant "no more war" and raise their hands with clenched fists and peace signs, toss the American flag around, and sing a parody version of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” A security guard snatches the American flag and brings it into the building. Burned draft cards posted on the main entrance of the Selective Service System headquarters. Again the next morning, demonstrators block doors to the Selective Service system headquarters, causing policemen to drag them out of the way by force. Trash from protestors on street. African American civil rights activist Hosea Williams yelling at police, saying, you are "locking up people without telling them anything, and that is wrong! It is wrong!” Protesters outside the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. A May Day collective protester surrounded by policemen. The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare sign. Protesters rip down a wall inside the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Policeman leads away an arrested man from the protest at the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Policemen escort an arrested African American protester Hosea Williams, raising a clenched fist (black power), as he yells to onlookers, "I got it done, I got it done!". Protestors at the Department of Justice yell "free all political prisoners" and hold various signs saying “1984”, “We are all P.O.W” and chanting outside the Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation building in Washington DC. Protestors clap and sing "Amen, amen, amen."
Venezuelan baseball pitcher Alex Carrasquel plays in New York, 1939
This Spanish language newsreel clip highlights Alex Carrasquel -- the first baseball player from Venezuela to play in the U.S. major leagues. He played in New York on July 4, 1939, the day before Venezuela's Independence Day. Title cards read: "Especially for Venezuela. The great pitcher Alejandro Carrasquel plays in New York on the eve of the Venezuelan patriotic day." Shot of Simon Bolivar statue in New York's Central Park with 'Simon Bolivar El Libertador' written under it. Huge crowd at Yankee Stadium in New York to watch July 4 doubleheader between New York Yankees and Carrasquel's team, the Washington Senators. (NOTE: This crowd was mainly there to see the Yankees honor Lou Gehrig, their Hall of Fame first baseman, who had just been diagnosed with ALS.) Carrasquel (#14) pitches to Yankees in second game, gives up run-scoring triple, tags out another runner trying to reach first base. Carrasquel speaks to crowd through microphones in ceremony at home plate. Shot of Venezuelan flag on pole outside a building (Venezuelan embassy?). Men and women gathered at a cafeteria. Sign in large white letters reads 'Venezuela.'
Scenes of New York City buildings and of the New York World's Fair in 1940
From the Ford Motor Company produced film, "Scenes From the World of Tomorrow" documenting the 1939-1940 World's Fair in New York City. View of buildings of the New York World's Fair of 1940. The Brooklyn Bridge. Aerial view of Manhattan Island, New York City. Skyscrapers of New York City including the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building. New York Harbor and ships in the harbor. View of the buildings of the New York Worlds Fair in the distance in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, as seen from high in a skyscraper of New York City. The Fair's Trylon and Perisphere stand out. People walk along the sides of fountains and waterways at the fair. Crowds milling about, bands marching, dancers performing. Flags of many nations flying on the flag poles. Celebration of the 150th anniversary of George Washington, as the first President of the United States and a statue of George Washington. A bus moves on the street. Fountains and a small bridge near a waterway. Pavilions of nations of England, Japan, and Italy. The USA building and some of the buildings of U.S. States including Maine and Florida. Fountains and waterways of the fair. Woman and two girls eat ice cream cones. A Raymond Loewy - designed S1 experimental streamlined locomotive created for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Pavilions of American Telephone & Telegraph and of United States Steel Corporation, also of Westinghouse, Goodrich, Chrysler, and General Motors.
Fragments of historic sketches and early photographs of Washington, DC
Drawings and sketches of Washington DC in the 18th and early 19th Century. A film titled 'Washington, D.C., A Living City', United States. 19th Century photographs including: view of a street in Washington DC with several buildings on either side of the road. View of a document entitled "Plan of the Dress Circle of Ford's New Theater, 10th Street, Washington, D.C. The Smithsonian "castle" building (1000 Jefferson Dr SW, Washington, DC 20560, United States), with a canal filled with water. View of Pennsylvania Avenue, with the Post Office building on the right. Open trolley cars moving in the street. The United States Capitol (First St SE, Washington, DC 20004, United States) is seen from a distance.
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