Scenes along the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, in Northern Virginia, near Washington,DC. Sign at section of the highway, reads: "South Fort Hunt." Automobile seen driving along the parkway that runs 15 miles from the Arlington Memorial Bridge to Mount Vernon. Views of the Potomac River which the highway parallels. Several cars in a parking area along the parkway, where sightseers enjoy the view. Sign warning drivers to slow as they approach George Washington's home at Mount Vernon. Visitors at the entrance to Mount Vernon. View of Mount Vernon mansion from the lawn on the Potomac River side. Scene shifts to Rock Creek Park in Maryland with views of the Rock Creek. Automobiles driving through the park. Views of Water falls,ducks, and an old mill with waterwheel turning. A car drives across the creek through several inches of water at a ford. An automobile approaching the Connecticut Avenue bridge over the parkway. Views of the Lincoln Memorial at Memorial Bridge.
Giant plows clear mountain roadways at Chinook Pass in Washington, United States. Views of Mount Rainier. A giant plow removes ice from mountain roadways. A vehicle moves on the road.
At time of sesquicentennial celebrations of the city of Washington DC: City development planning underway by the Planning Commission in Washington DC. Animated map of Washington DC by the National Geographic Society. Statue in a park. National Commission of Fine Arts members study sites for the Equestrian statues at Arlington Memorial Bridge. The commission members are seen walking across the Arlington Memorial Bridge from the Virginia side to the Washington DC side. View of the Lincoln Memorial and 1940s era cars in traffic circle and on Arlington Memorial Bridge. Commission members examine mock-ups of equestrian statues atop pylons at the Washington DC entrance to the bridge. (In 1951, the Arts of War Sculptures, named Sacrifice and Valor, by Leo Friedlander, were erected in those positions). National Capital Park and Planning Commission personnel are seen working at drafting tables in their offices in the Department of the Interior building. The Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission members meets in the Lord Calvert Mansion in Riverdale for future planning. Exterior view of the Lord Calvert Mansion. Inside, the commission meets and a man points to and explains a chart on traffic control. The chart, dated September 1947, shows traffic flow into Washington DC during the "peak hour" of traffic, during which 58,000 automobiles pass through the area being studied. Elevated, aerial view from the U.S. Capitol Dome looking out across the city of Washington DC and on to the Potomac River and Virginia on the other side of the river.
Statues of Bolivar and of Artigas. The statue of Benito Juarez in Washington DC with the Watergate buildings behind. The statue of Winston Churchill at the British Embassy in Washington DC. Brief view of Winston Churchill waving to a ship and then seen in a car touring ruins of London following a German Blitz attack in World War 2. People wave to Churchill. Winston Churchill in a car waves back to them. A close up of Churchill. Pilots walk towards the aircraft parked at a field. Explosion blast of swastika at Zeppelinfeld Nazi Party Grounds at end of World War 2. British soldiers greet Churchill during World War 2 as he rides by on an armored car beside a machine gun, tips his hat and waves to soldiers. A French dignitary (appears to be President Rene Coty?) greeting and presenting an award to Churchill. Churchill waves to onlookers from a boat passing under a bridge. Churchill looks out of a window. African American woman sits on a park bench in Washington DC. A close up of a pigeon. An African American man reads a newspaper. The statue of Henry Longfellow at Connecticut Avenue. The statue of Taras Shevchenko. Aerial view of Kennedy Center in background and grounds of Teddy Roosevelt Island Park. A woman and a dog walk in the park. A branch of a tree. The statue of Theodore Roosevelt at the park and the trees in the park. Footage of Theodore Roosevelt speaking to people. View from Virginia side of Potomac River looking at Georgetown University and, beyond, at the Washington National Cathedral. The tomb of Woodrow Wilson at the National Cathedral. A close up of stained glass windows and architecture in Washington National Cathedral. View of Woodrow Wilson wearing a top hat and speaking to the people. A montage of scenes from World War 1. People crowd on a street in jubilant celebration for the Armistice Day in World War 1. Woodrow Wilson in a car tipping his hat to a parade crowd.
Men with horse carts on Mount Hood loop road that circles the peak in Oregon National Park. View of Mount Hood. Car drives on a road through Crater Lake National forest. View of crater lake.
View of cars and crowd at a Boeing plant in Seattle. Aircraft workers and their families at Boeing plant inspecting B-17Ds. 7th Bomb Group B-17Ds in flight and formation over Mount Rainier. View of glaciers. (World War II period).
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