- Title: P-16-66
- Summary: THE CAPITOL:
- Description:01:24:47 - THE CAPITOL BUILDING AS SEEN DOWN A TREE LINED STREET. OLD CARS. CAMERA TRAVELS DOWN THE STREET TOWARD THE BUILDING. 01:25:00 - CU BUILDING. DOME. 01:25:06 - MONTAGE OF SHOTS OF BUILDING. CARS MOVING. 01:25:19 - CU STATUE OF CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN MARSHALL IN FRONT OF BUILDING. 01:25:31 - ORIGINAL BUILDING. SOUTH WING. PERIOD CARS. 01:25:37 - THE HOUSE WING. 01:25:50 - THE SPEAKER AT HIS DESK. WRITING. SAM RAYBURN. TEXAS. DEMOCRAT. CAMERA MOVES IN. HE SMILES. 01:26:00 - HOUSE MINORITY LEADER, JOSEPH MARTIN. MASSACHU- SETTS. WOMAN HANDS HIM PAPERS. POINTS OUT SOMETHING. 01:26:07 - ASSISTANT SERGEANT OF ARMS GOES TO A SPECIAL CABINET AND PULLS OUT THE SILVER & EBONY MACE. ORNAMENTAL STAFF. HAS 13 RODS FOR THE ORIGINAL 13 STATES. EAGLE ON A BALL ON TOP. 01:26:24 - INTERIOR OF HOUSE CHAMBER. 435 REPRESENTATIVES DEBATE AND VOTE. 01:26:32 - VISITORS CROWD THE GALLERY. 01:26:35 - MONTAGE OF INTERIOR. 01:26:44 - EXTERIOR SHOT OF BUILDING. 01:26:58 - EXTERIOR OF SENATE OFFICE BUILDING. CARS MOVING. 01:27:03 - MONTAGE OF CU'S OFFICE DOORS. 01:27:13 - UNIQUE SUBWAY CARRYING SENATORS TO THE CAPITOL. 01:27:27 - POV MONORAIL CAR. DRIVING DOWN TRACK. 01:27:38 - CU SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE ROOM DOOR. 01:27:44 - INTERIOR. MEN SIT AT DESKS. 01:27:49 - CU SENATOR AKEN FROM VERMONT. 01:27:51 - CU SENATOR SMITH FROM NEW JERSEY. 01:27:54 - CU SENATOR GEORGE FROM GEORGIA. 01:28:03 - INTERIOR OF SENATE CHAMBER. 01:28:08 - SEMI CIRCULAR ROWS OF MAHOGANY DESKS. 01:28:16 - CU PRESIDENTIAL SEAL. 01:28:19 - VICE PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON. PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE. CONVENES THE SENATE WITH AN IVORY GAVEL. 01:28:26 - CU INSCRIPTION E. PLURIBUS UNUM. 01:28:28 - MONTAGE OF INTERIOR OF PRESIDENTS ROOM. HUGE CHANDELIER HANGS. 01:28:50 - CU PORTRAIT JEFFERSON. 01:28:55 - CU PORTRAIT HAMILTON. 01:29:01 - LOOKING UP AT ORNATELY PAINTED CEILING. 01:29:09 - EXTERIOR CAPITOL. 01:29:14 - MAIN ENTRANCE. PEOPLE WALKING DOWN GRAND STAIRS. STATUES IN BACKGROUND. 01:29:18 - CU STATUE. 01:29:20 - PEOPLE WALKING UP THE STAIRS. PAST STATUES. 01:29:27 - PAN UP BUILDING TOWARD DOMES. IRON. 01:29:40 - ATOP DOME STATUE OF FREEDOM. 01:29:52 - INTERIOR. 01:29:57 - CU EAGLE ATOP AN ARCHED DOORWAY. 01:30:00 - MARBLE BUST OF JOHN JAY. 01:30:05 - MARBLE BUST OF ROGER TANNEY ?SPELLING. DREAD SCOTT DECISION. 01:30:09 - BUST OF SIMON B. CHASE. JUSTICE DURING THE RECONSTRUCTION. 01:30:13 - BUST OF TAFT. 01:30:17 - PAN OF WALL WITH MARBLE BUSTS AND ROOM. 01:30:28 - PAN UP TO PAINTING OF EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION. 01:30:37 - PEOPLE MILLING ABOUT UNDER MASSIVE STATUES. LOOKING DOWN. 01:30:50 - STATUE OF DANIEL WEBSTER. 01:31:00 - STATUE OF SAM HOUSTON. 01:31:05 - BRIGHAM YOUNG STATUE. 01:31:10 - STATUE OF ROBERT M. LAFALAS ?SPELLING. NICK- NAMED FIGHTING BOB. 01:31:18 - PEOPLE MILLING ABOUT MASSIVE SCULPTURES. HUGE COLUMNS. 01:31:31 - VISITORS IN THE ROTUNDA. UNDER THE DOME. MAGNIFICENT PAINTINGS HANG ON THE WALL. 01:31:54 - CU PAINTING THE SURRENDER OF CORNWALLIS. 01:31:57 - PAN UP TO FRESCO ON DOME. 01:32:08 - CU INTRICATE DETAIL. 01:32:19 - PAN DOWN TO THE ROTUNDA FLOOR. LOOKING DOWN AT THE FLOOR. FROM CEILING. 01:32:22 - 180 FEET ABOVE THE FLOOR. 01:32:30 - EXTERIOR PAN AWAY FROM BUILDING. POV DRIVING IN CAR. 01:32:49 - FRONT VIEW OF BUILDING. 01:32:53 - NIGHT VIEW OF BUILDING.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1955
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: P-16-66