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Historical monuments and landmarks of the Washington DC area as seen in the early 1950s

A female Air Force service member walks up to a IBM Card Sorter with a stack of punch cards. She loads the card sorting machine and presses the start button. Early computing punch cards fall into various slots. She transcribes information from these cards and hands forms to officer at a desk. Sergeant sitting at desk, talks to an Airman. View of U.S. Capitol building and Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. Tourists look at Lincoln statue in LIncoln Memorial. View of National Mall and reflecting pool. Man takes picture of woman with Washington Monument in the background. View of the Jefferson Memorial, and then across the river in Arlington Virginia, a view of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. Airman stands in front of church. Close up views of 1953 license plates on cars from various states including California, Wyoming, Iowa, Texas, Tennessee, and the Canal Zone. View of various embassy buildings in Washington DC. View of the White House. Large crowd of visitors walk down the North entrance drive in front of the White House. U.S. military servicemen riding in a bus. Bus stops at drop off area in front of Mount Vernon, home of George Washington, in Alexandria, Virginia. Sign board reads "Mount Vernon Home of George Washington." Service members touring on grounds of Mount Vernon, and exterior views of front of main house at Mount Vernon, with service members seated on chair on porch, and looking out at the scenic Potomac River from the porch. View of information center building at Bolling Air Force Base, and a woman inside giving information on sight-seeing to service members. Military service members standing outside the entrance at the base of the Washington Monument. Wide view of Supreme Court building. Another sign board reads "National Zoological Park" in front of the National Zoo. Tourists view a giraffe inside the Washington Zoo. 1950s car drives through shallow water cascading over road in Rock Creek Parkway area. Elevated view of a parade in Washington DC as military units pass in review.

Date: 1953
Duration: 3 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022808
Indian Prime Minister Nehru's meeting with U.S. President Kennedy at the White House in Washington DC.

Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru discusses issues with U.S. President John F Kennedy at White House, Washington DC. Later in the evening Nehru and his daughter Indira Gandhi arrive at the White House for a state dinner and are greeted and seen posing with first lady Jacqueline Kennedy and President John F. Kennedy. Indian Foreign Secretary M J Desai and U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk present for the talks ranging free and independent states to outlaw of nuclear testing. Prime Minister's daughter Ms. Indira Gandhi visits District of Columbia Children's Hospital. Exterior of Children's Hospital in Washington DC. Inside, they visit a young girl named Jane Franzella, who has polio, and is is receiving a treatment in a whirlpool tank. Ms. Indira Gandhi receives and admires a painting or drawing created for her by the girl, Jane. Ms. Gandhi and Mrs Rusk observe children in a room receiving therapy to improve the muscular coordination of disabled children. Boys and girls work with nurses and therapists in the room. Scene changes to exterior view of the newly decorated Indian Embassy in Washington DC. Inside, Indian Ambassador to America, B K Nehru, and his wife, greet guests as they arrive for a dinner in honor of Prime Minister Nehru and his daughter. Friends and diplomats from the Washington DC community arrive and greet Prime Minister Nehru.

Date: 1961, November 6
Duration: 3 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034035
White House and Department of Navy building on Victory in Europe Day, Washington DC, United States.

Victory in Europe Day during World War II. A woman looks at the north facade of the White House from across a railing on Victory in Europe Day. Naval officers and civilians cross a street and enter the Department of Navy building. Men walk through a gateway.

Date: 1945, May 8
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049760
Monuments including Lincoln memorial, Jefferson Memorial, Washington Monument and White House in Washington DC

National monuments in Washington DC, United States. View of the Lincoln Memorial (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20002, United States) and Washington Monument. Statue of Abraham Lincoln by Daniel Chester French at the Lincoln memorial. Traffic on road. Exteriors of the Jefferson Memorial (16 E Basin Dr SW, Washington, DC 20242, United States). Boats in the Tidal Basin. Statue of Thomas Jefferson inside the memorial. The Washington Monument. Flag of the United States atop the White House. People walk in a garden lawn in front of the White House.

Date: 1984, November
Duration: 1 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068155
President Harry S. Truman announces surrender of Germany in World War II. Crowds celebrate in streets of Manhattan

VE Day (Victory in Europe) May 8, 1945. From the White House, in Washington DC, President Truman announces that Germany has surrendered, bringing World War 2 in Europe to an end. Americans are seen celebrating the good news in the streets of downtown, Manhattan, New York City. Crowds on Wall Street and cheering on steps and in front of statue of George Washington at Federal Hall. Ticker tape falls on Wall Street. View of Trinity Church between tall buildings. Cheering crowd fills Times Square. Many in the crowd are soldiers, sailors and other military servicemen in uniform. American flags are seen on buildings and some carried by people in the crowd.

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053386
Farewell address of U.S. President Richard Nixon at the White House in Washington DC following his resignation from office.

U.S. President Richard Nixon delivers a farewell address at the White House in Washington DC, United States following his resignation. White House staff and cabinet members listen to a speech made by President Nixon. Nixon delivers his farewell address. Behind him stand his daughter Julie Nixon Eisenhower and her husband David Eisenhower. He requests the members of White House staff to serve the next President as they have served him with devotion and dedication. He speaks about his experience at the White House and compares it to other government houses around the world. Nixon thanks the cabinet and staff members who served him. He says that people who serve in U.S. government should be strong to make the United States a world leader. He says that the country needs good carpenters, farmers and businessmen. He speaks about his father Francis A. Nixon who was a streetcar motorman and then a farmer. Nixon speaks that his mother was a saint but there will be no books written about her.

Date: 1974, August
Duration: 9 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073727