- Title: P-16-67
- Summary: THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.:
- Description:01:33:05 - CU HAND CLEANS OFF DIRT ON BOOK. SAYS LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. SHINES IT WELL. 01:33:19 - EXTERIOR OF THE CAPITOL IN WASHINGTON, D.C. 01:33:24 - EXTERIOR OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. ORNATE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE. 01:33:31 - MONTAGE OF EXTERIOR. 01:33:38 - INTERIOR OF BUILDING. SCULPTURE IN THE SHADOWS. 01:33:40 - PAN OF INTERIOR. STATUES. 01:33:53 - LOOKING UP AT DOME IN MAIN READING ROOM. PANS DOWN TO THE FLOOR. 01:34:03 - VIEW OF DESKS, BOOKS, PEOPLE MILLING ABOUT. 01:34:16 - WOMAN WALKS OVER TO MASSIVE WALL OF FILE CABINETS. PULLS ONE DRAWER OUT. PUTS ON TABLE. 01:34:23 - VIEW FROM BACK OF ROOM. LOOKING TOWARD FRONT. BOOKS PILED ON TABLES. 01:34:29 - MAN WHEELS CART DOWN CORRIDOR. 01:34:48 - LONE MAN WALKS DOWN MASSIVE CORRIDOR. 01:34:52 - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE SERVICE EMPLOYEES PUSHING PAPERS. 01:34:58 - CU OF SENATORS ANDERSON AND CARLESON AT DESK. OPEN NOTEBOOKS. 01:35:09 - EXTERIOR OF OLD PART OF BUILDING. PANS TO ANNEX. CARS DRIVE BY. 01:35:18 - INTERIOR. LAW LIBRARY. ROWS & ROWS OF DESKS. LAMPS. CHAIRS. 01:35:26 - CU MAN OPENING BOOK. FLIPPING PAGES. 01:35:36 - CU CART. SAYS DIVISION FOR THE BLIND. 01:35:38 - BLIND MAN AT DESK RECORDING TALKING BOOKS. 01:35:45 - CU HAND PUTTING NEEDLE ON RECORD. 01:35:49 - CU BLIND MAN WITH DARK GLASSES. ADJUSTS EAR- PHONE. 01:35:59 - ROWS OF TALKING BOOKS. 01:36:03 - BLIND MAN WALKS OVER TO BRAILLE BOOKS. PICKS ONE UP. SITS DOWN AND READS WITH HANDS. 01:36:18 - CU BLIND MAN IN DARK GLASSES. 01:36:20 - CU BOOK IN BRAILLE. HANDS RAPIDLY MOVE ACROSS THE PAGE. 01:36:35 - LIBRARIES PRINTING OPERATION. PRINTING MACHINES AT WORK. 01:36:39 - CU MACHINE SPITTING OUT PAGES. 01:36:43 - CU SIGN ON WALL. BINDING DIVISION. 01:36:46 - WORKERS BINDING BOOKS. PAN DOWN MASSIVE ROOM. MANY WOMEN WORKING. 01:36:57 - MAN WORKER WITH CAP ON FINISHES BOOK BY HAND. IMPRINTS BOOK WITH GOLD LETTERING. 01:37:12 - PICKS UP BOOK AND ADDS IT TO MANY OTHERS. 01:37:20 - DOME OF READING ROOM. PANS DOWN ROOM.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1955
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: P-16-67