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Dr. Vannevar Bush work at his desk at American Physics Institute at 57 East 55th Street, New York City.

Carnegie institution of Washington D.C. and American Physics Institute in New York. Exteriors of Carnegie institution of Washington Headquarters. People arrive and leave the headquarters. Car arrives at the entrance of the building. Interiors of American Physics Institute at 57 East 55th Street. Reenactment shows Dr. Vannevar Bush working at his desk. He signs a few documents.

Date: 1946, July
Duration: 3 min 0 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074477
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
The United Nations Organization delegate, Senator Vandenberg urges firm foreign policy in Washington DC.

Senator Vandenberg talks about the U.S. relations with Soviet Russia. Demanding that this nation be firm in its dealings with foreign powers, he says our foreign policy must be one which 'says what it means and means what it says'.

Date: 1946, February 28
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052570
A soldier arrives at the U.S. Military District of Washington DC and reports to Fort Myer to join the U.S. Army.

A soldier (PFC Ed Griffiths) arrives in new assignment with the U.S. Army in Washington DC, United States. U.S. Army Sergeant Stuart Queen in his office. Military MATS C-131 (Convair 240) airliner in flight over Washington DC area with PFC Griffiths and other personnel aboard. Army personnel seated in the aircraft. The captain makes arrival announcements. Aerial view of the Washington Monument , the National Mall, Lincoln Memorial, and Potomac River and the Capitol. Military Air Transport Command C-131 parked and passengers descending stairs upon arrival in Washington, DC. They exit the Operations building and look for ground transportation to their destinations. Soldier gets into a taxi cab. He looks at the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Monument, across the Potomac River, as the cab drives, along the George Washington Parkway, past them. He arrives at the U.S. Army Military District of Washington Headquarters, at Fort Myer, and reports for his new assignment in Headquarters Company, U.S. Army. The Sergeant in charge introduces Sergeant Stuart Queen to the soldier. He is warmly welcomed.

Date: 1958
Duration: 4 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073531
Coal miners prepare to return to work and listen to news over a radio about end of labor strike in December 1946.

Westland Mine coal mine workers, wearing helmets with lights, are gathered in a room as they listen to a radio news broadcast in a local office of the Pittsburgh Coal Company, in Washington County, Pennsylvania. On December 7, 1946, United Mine Workers President John L. Lewis called an end to the labor strike by 400,000 coal miners that he had called on November 20, 1946. Maps of Westland mines No. 1 and 2 are among many that line the walls of the office. The mine workers look at a notice of the Government takeover ordered by the Secretary of the Interior, and a notice to their union, The United Mine Workers of America. Coal miners check their personal equipment in preparation for entering mines, with the strike now ended.

Date: 1946, December 9
Duration: 1 min 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060481
A large Christmas tree loaded onto a trailer-truck at a transport yard in Washington DC, USA.

Exteriors of a railway yard near the WhiteHurst Freeway in Washington DC, USA. Sign on a trailer truck at the yard reads, 'The National Christmas Tree From South Dakota-To Washington DC'. A large Christmas tree is loaded from a rail car to a tractor trailer via a crane. Children and adults watch the loading operation. A mother watches with her two sons. View of the fir tree on the trailer. The loaded trailer leaves the yard.

Date: 1970, December
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050416