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Monuments in Washington DC.

Brief shot of hands dialing a phone followed by views of United States Capitol (First St SE, Washington, DC 20004, United States). View of the Jefferson Memorial (16 E Basin Dr SW, Washington, DC 20242, United States) and Lincoln Memorial (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20002, United States) from a moving car. Obelisk of the Washington Monument in Washington DC. Still photographs of the Washington Monument under construction. View of the Washington Monument from different angles. The American flags flutter in front of the Washington Monument (2 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20024, United States). View of the White House. Cherry blossoms on the Tidal Basin are also seen. From a Bell Telephone television advertisement.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1970
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023497
U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull confers with other men inside the Capitol building, Washington DC.

Exterior of the Capitol building in Washington DC, United States during World War 2. Cars move past in front of State Department Building (Old Executive Office Building, 1650 17th St NW, Washington, DC 20006, United States). U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull speaks with a group of men seated at a desk. They discuss a map on a wall. A plaque on Danish Embassy of Denmark building. A document is signed by Cordell Hull. A Coast Guard ship at Greenland harbor. An animated map shows positions of US, Canada, Greenland, and British Isles.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046076
FBI agent shows incendiary devices, and officers present at the trial of the Nazi spies in Supreme Court in Washington DC.

Nazi spies are tried in the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington DC. The exteriors of the Supreme Court of the United States. The captured Nazi spies are taken to the Supreme Court in armored vans. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent digs with a shovel to find German fortifications. FBI agents, with the incendiary devices carried by the Germans who landed on the Atlantic shore from a submarine. An FBI agent shows captured uniforms, belt containing money, wooden blocks loaded with cartridges and pencils containing explosive material. Generals with other high ranking officers enter the court. Prisoners enter the court. Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States John Edgar Hoover enters the courtroom. The officers sit. Attorney General of the United States Francis Beverley Biddle present. Prisoners sit during the trial. (World War II period).

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1942, July
Duration: 2 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067929
Story of Manhattan Project. Plutonium generated and separated at University of California. Manhattan project undertaken.

Story Camp Hanford during the Manhattan Project in World War II. Scenes of Dr. Glenn Seaborg and colleagues: Arthur Wall, Edward McMillan, and Emilio Segre, who generated and isolated Plutonium at University of California in 1941 A sign on a container reads 'First Pure 94 (239) isolated from chain reaction source'. A model of the atomic pile under the stadium at the University of Chicago, where Enrico Fermi, an Italian physicist, demonstrated controlled nuclear fission, on December 2, 1942. A map shows various sites chosen for Manhattan Engineer's District. Views of desert in Southeast Washington State. The Columbia River, for cooling. Electrical towers for power supply. An aerial view of project buildings in Hanford. Construction workers selected for the project in Hanford. Construction sites. Trailer houses for the workers. An aerial view of the plant ready for operation. Inserted view of Camp Hanford abandoned, in later years.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1966
Duration: 3 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032077
Procedures for rotating U.S. Army airmen from England to United States for rest and relaxation during World War 2.

A film titled 'Happy Warriors' on procedures for rotating U.S. Army Air Force airmen from England to the United States for rest and relaxation during World War II. Several views of U.S. B-17s, B-24s and other bombers in flight through flak over enemy areas in Europe. Tail codes on B-17s identify them as belonging to the 95th Bombardment Group of the U.S. 8th Air Force. Various crew members seen at their respective crew stations aboard the bombers. Falling bombs explode on ground targets.View of a failed engine in flight and the propeller being feathered. General Eisenhower shaking hands with crew of a B-26 Marauder named "Son of Satan," with about 50 bombs painted on its fuselage for missions flown. A military bus arrives at the 127th Replacement Battalion's Washington Hall. USAAF fliers step from the bus and make their way to the receiving office. A sign reads: "New Arrivals Report to Rear Door." Among the group of aviators walking to the reception area is one carrying a small puppy dog. Colonel William A. Gayle, Battalion Commander, of Montgomery, Alabama (and later Mayor of Montgomery), poses with his headquarters staff. "Puddles" the mascot dog of the Post joins in for the picture. Posing and smiling is Sergeant Major Holloway, who has been Colonel Gayle's "right hand man" since the unit was organized in 1942. The fliers stand informally as a Sergeant calls the roll. The fliers undergo screening of their individual possessions for security purposes. A navigator has his maps taken away, to be returned when he returns from leave. Captain Baldridge, in charge of the mess,tastes and personally approves dishes from the kitchen before they are served to the Army aviators.

Location: England United Kingdom
Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060358
United States President Franklin Roosevelt addresses nation about United Nations and challenges Japanese, in Washington DC.

United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt addresses the nation from White House in Washington DC. Sitting at his desk he talks about the position of United States in World War II. He talks about the organization of United Nations. He insists on right of equality, humanity and a society without race and creed distinction. He challenged the Japanese admiral who said that he will dictate terms of peace in White House.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1942, February 23
Duration: 1 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036457
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