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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."

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1971, May
Duration: 4 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078911
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.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1972
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066407
Jimmy Stewart being presented the citation of Honor by General Spaatz in Washington DC, United States

National director of Air Force Association, General Carl A. Spaatz presents citation of Honor to Hollywood star Jimmy Stewart in Washington DC, United States. Actor Jimmy Stewart receives the Honor on behalf of Universal Pictures International.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1954, January 25
Duration: 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037712
75000 Legionnaires parade down Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC.

A parade down Pennsylvania Avenue. Men on motorcycles. Crowd lined up on sidewalks. Capitol in the background. Banners read 'Washington DC salutes'. New Commander Seaborn Collins of New Mexico with the U.S. flag in the background. Procession of military jeeps loaded with legionnaires. Legionnaires parade on street. Crowd and children cheer. Floats and men with flags along road.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1954, September 2
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052612
Ralph Samuel presents a medal to President Eisenhower in Washington DC to commemorate the 1st Jewish settlement in the U.S.

American Jewish Tercentenary Delegation presents a medal to U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Washington DC. The President with the members of the delegation. Ralph Samuel presents the medal to the President. Close up of the medal which is presented to the President to commemorate the 1st Jewish settlement in the U.S.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1954, March 8
Duration: 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050605
Director of Insurance for Universal Pictures Benjamin Lorber sets forth a program of medical services in Washington DC, U.S.

Director of Insurance for Universal Pictures Benjamin Lorber lays a program of health insurance and medical services for all Americans in Washington DC, United States. At a hearing of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Benjamin Lorber sets forth a comprehensive and far-reaching program of health insurance and medical services for all Americans.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1954, January 25
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070189
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