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Police car patrols U-Street corridor in city of Washington, D.C.

A 1966 Ford Galaxie police car driving on U-Street in Washington, D.C. Police officer in passenger seat waves and honks to African American police officer as he passes Ben's Chili Bowl (1213 U St NW, Washington, D.C. 20009). Metropolitan police car turns onto street after passing Chin's Hand Laundry in the U and H Street area of Washington, D.C. African American teenagers sitting on stoop of building watch as police car pulls up in front of them. Close up of African American teenager as he thinks, "he better not start calling me boy." White police officer passes African American teenagers, saying “hi” to them, they say hello back. White police officer making a call from a call box outside Chin's Hand Laundry in the U Street area of Washington, D.C. as African American teenagers look on. Police officer directing a motorist. Police officer on phone. A policeman driving a motorcycle through the urban streets of Washington DC.

Date: 1967
Duration: 2 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078773
Detained demonstrators during 1971 May Day Vietnam antiwar protests.

Entrance of Superior Court of the District of Columbia Building A at 515 5th St NW Washington, D.C., DC 20001 . Antiwar demonstrators with their hands on their heads are led out of the police bus into the D.C. jail after their mass arrest during the 1971 May Day Protests in Washington DC against the Vietnam War. Demonstrators at temporary holding area near RFK Stadium look through window of a Hertz truck after mass arrest. Detained protesters shouting from behind 8-ft tall wire fence at an emergency detention center. Metropolitan Police in riot gear guard at the emergency detention center with hippie antiwar protestors. Camera zooms to a detained woman giving “the finger” from behind a chain link fence. More prisoners enter the detention center, with the other detainees inside cheering. Smirking demonstrators after mass arrest. View of the Washington Coliseum sign. Protestors sit inside the Washington Coliseum at 1140 3rd St NE, Washington, D.C., DC 20002 Trashed food on the floor. A man drinking water in front of a metal water jug. Detainees dancing together. Police booking detainees inside coliseum, many who refused to be identified. Photos of arrested on a table.

Date: 1971, May 3
Duration: 1 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078916
Aerial views of landmark buildings and areas of Washington DC, USA during the 1950s.

Aerial views of the Washington DC area, including the Washington Monument and the Jefferson Memorial. Potomac River seen. Aerial view flying by the National Mall areas leading to the Capitol Building, including Bureau of Supplies and Accounts buildings; Bureau of Ships buildings; National Museum of Natural History; National Gallery of Art; various Constitution Avenue buildings, the Main Navy Building, the Munitions Building, and Union Station. Fly-by of various city and suburban areas of Washington DC metropolitan area, with many construction projects underway, north and east of the U.S. Capitol.

Date: 1954
Duration: 2 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050415
More than 250 patriotic organizations honor war heroes at Washington National Cathedral in Washington DC, United States

Newsreel 'Flags honor dead heroes' shows more than 250 patriotic organizations honor war heroes of World War 2 at Washington National Cathedral in Washington DC in United States. Men carrying flags come out from the Cathedral. Admiral Ernest King addressees a large gathering on the occasion.

Date: 1944, May 22
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037909
President Roosevelt presents a Lend-lease Patrol Craft to the Greek Navy, at the Washington Navy Yard, Washington DC

Greece receives a lend-lease Submarine Chaser (USS PC 622) in Washington DC. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Officers and sailors of the U.S. and Royal Hellenic Navy attend the formal transfer ceremony at at the Washington Navy yard. Greek sailors wear caps displaying the words, "B Naytikon." The United States flag is lowered and the Greek flag hoisted on the ship. (The Greek Navy renamed the ship the "Vassilefs Georghios II.")

Date: 1944, June 10
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028525
Early trucking business in America. Trucks loaded with milk, fruit and vegetables delivering goods in Washington DC area

Dairy and produce transport by trucks in Washington DC and surrounding areas. A worker at a refrigerated railroad box loads produce of fruit and vegetables onto a W. Chas Heitmuller wholesale company truck in Washington DC. Truck carrying produce moves away from the loading area. Men deliver goods from truck into a Sanitary Grocery Company store in Washington DC (The Sanitary chain was later acquired by Safeway). Men driving trucks carrying livestock. Two African American farm workers load barrels of produce onto a truck on a farm field. A line of trucks from the W.A. Simpson Dairy in Washington DC drives on a rural road transporting Simpson's Milk to the city. A Simpson Milk truck backs into a bay at a home or business in a Washington DC neighborhood for a delivery. View of pneumatic tires on a truck, that ease wear on the roads.

Date: 1932
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036980