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Washington DC United States USA 1946 stock footage and images

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From Labor Department documentary. Montage of World War II scenes from start to finish,including American home front.

Opening scene shows Adolf Hitler reviewing German troops on parade. German paratroopers jumping from Junkers Ju-52 aircraft. View from the ground of paratroopers descending from three Ju-52s. The Japanese attack on Pearl harbor, December 7, 1941. Heavy smoke rising from the leaning USS Arizona after she is hit by bombs. Newspaper headline reading "Pearl Harbor Bombed!" American soldiers leaving Camp Stoneman, are seen assembled on a pier at the Pittsburg California waterfront to board one of the ferries that would take them to Piers 15 and 45 on the Embarcadero in San Francisco. A sign at pier reading:"Through these portals pass the best damned soldiers in the West." Glimpses of soldiers firing howitzers in World War 2. Glimpses of the civilians supporting the war effort. Auto factory workers walking near a war production plant during shift change. A new army truck leaves a factory. War production workers assembling the turret on a Sherman tank. Guns and turrets being manufactured. Factory floor filled with new pursuit airplanes. A B-25 Mitchell bomber aircraft taking off. Aerial view from bomber of its bombs exploding over enemy target below. Freight trains carrying United States military supplies. Supplies being loaded aboard a ship for the U.S. and Allies. The American battleship USS New Mexico firing a gun, and firing guns from triple turrets. Workers assembling aircraft engines in a war plant. A woman at work in a war materiel production plant. Gun camera images from warplane strafing a ground target. World War 2 Victory parade along 5th Avenue, New York City, in 1946. Washington Square triumphal arch in background. Various views of the parade. Laid off war plant workers looking for new jobs. Troops welcomed home: Ship carrying returning United States soldiers back home after the end of World War 2. Disabled soldiers and sailors making their war to a Military Air Transport Service C-54 aircraft. More views of the disabled veterans who were injured during World War II.

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063344
US Army soldier and a woman visit various monuments and buildings in Washington DC.

Monuments and buildings in Washington DC during World War 2. Exterior of U.S. Capitol building (First St SE, Washington, DC 20004, United States). A and a woman looking at the equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson by Mills in Lafayette Square. They are seen at the tomb of the unknown soldier at Arlington National Cemetery (123 Patton Dr building d, Fort Myer, VA 22211, United States) where they read the inscription on the tomb. Tourists arrive at the Lincoln Memorial (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20002, United States). They next are seen ascending the steps and entering the U.S. Capitol building. They look at statues of various famous Americans in the U.S. Capitol, including Daniel Webster, Samuel Adam, Stephen Austin, Lew Wallace, Will Rogers, Robert E. Lee, and George Washington. Exterior of U.S. Capitol building. The man and the woman coming out of the building.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076689
A view of Memorial Bridge and Lincoln Memorial, and 1970s automobile traffic in Washington DC

Traffic comes across the Arlington Memorial Bridge (2912 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20418, United States). Trees in the background. Lincoln Memorial (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20002, USA) in Washington DC in the background. The streets are wet. Cars have their lights on and windshield wipers due to rain. Cars and buses on the streets.

Date: 1970
Duration: 1 min 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041836
Judge asks for a room at the reception counter of the Carlton Hotel in Washington DC

The Carlton Hotel (The St. Regis Washington, D.C., 923 16th St NW Washington, DC 20036, USA) in Washington DC during World War II. People crowded near the reception counter of Carlton Hotel in United States. Judge asks for a room. The receptionist speaks to the clients at the counter.

Date: 1942, June
Duration: 1 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043696
People with luggage in lobby of the Carlton Hotel in Washington DC

The Carlton Hotel in Washington DC, United States. Luggage with name tags kept in the lobby of the hotel. People move about at the Carlton Hotel (The St. Regis Washington, D.C., 923 16th St NW Washington, DC 20036, USA). They speak at various counters. Men dressed in hats and suits walk in the lobby. 'Carlton Hotel' written at entrance gate.

Date: 1942, June
Duration: 2 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043697
President Warren G. Harding enters a car in Washington DC.

United States President Warren G. Harding in Washington DC. A building, a car on a road and a park. A crowd gathered on the street to greet the President. President Harding with others enter a car. Cars move on a road in front of a building. The British Embassy (1300 Connecticut Ave NW Washington, DC 20036, USA). Buildings, statues, and historic houses in Washington DC. Men walk on a street and enter a house.

Date: 1921
Duration: 3 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675021535