- Title: V-1206
- Summary: WASHINGTON:SHRINE OF AMERICAN PATRIOTISM: WASHINGTON, DC TRAVELOGUE
- Description:00:54:17 - ECU HAND SELECTING AND TAKING BOOK FROM BOOK SHELF, LIBRARY. HANDS OPEN PAGES OF THE BOOK, PORTRAIT OF GEORGE WASHINGTON 00:55:10 - CU TRAIN TRACKS, TRAIN RACING BY 00:55:16 - FATHER AND TWO CHILDREN ON TRAIN, FATHER SHOWING CHILDREN BOOK, PAMPHLET. CU FINGER POINTING ON PHOTOGRAPH. ADULT TAKING BOY AND GIRL ON A TRIP 00:55:27 - 1950s WASHINGTON, DC TOURIST PAMPHLET, HAND FLIPPING THROUGH PAGES 00:55:35 - AERIALS, WASHINGTON, DC. WHITE HOUSE, ETC. 00:55:50 - STILL, COLONIAL WASHINGTON 00:56:01 - WASHINGTON, DC STREET SCENES, 1950s CARS, TROLLEY. BUILDINGS. 00:56:16 - VARIOUS ANGLES. WASHINGTON MONUMENT. FAMOUS LANDMARKS 00:56:38 - TOURISTS ENTER BASE OF THE MONUMENT 00:56:43 - POV FROM OBSERVATION TOWER OF THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT, VIEWS OF WASHINGTON FROM TOWER 00:56:53 - VARIOUS ANGLES CAPITOL BUILDING. PEOPLE WALKING UP STEPS OF THE CAPITOL BUILDING 00:57:16 - INTERIOR ROTUNDA, UNDER THE DOME. ART GALLERY, BRONZE STATUES, MARBLE BUSTS, HUGE PAINTINGS, PEOPLE SITTING UNDER PAINTING SHOW IMMENSE SIZE OF IT. TOURISTS POINTING 00:57:37 - POV LOOKING UP AT DOME, GREAT FRESCO DOME OF THE CAPITOL 00:57:43 - TOURISTS STROLL THROUGH THE STATUARY HALL, GREAT BRONZE AND MARBLE STATUES OF PRESIDENTS PAST. 00:58:00 - TOURISTS IN THE VISITORS GALLERIES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 00:58:12 - PEOPLE RIDING ON THE CAPITOL SUBWAY, GET OFF 00:58:17 - EXTERIOR SENATE OFFICE BUILDING, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BUILDING, SUPREME COURT BUILDING, 00:58:36 - LOW ANGLE CORINTHIAN COLUMNS, RELIEF IN PEDIMENT, 00:58:42 - LOOKING DOWN HISTORIC PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE 00:58:52 - WHITE HOUSE VARIOUS ANGLES EXTERIOR 00:59:07 - WHITE HOUSE, INTERIOR ROOMS, ANTIQUE FURNITURE, PAINTINGS. EXECUTIVE OFFICE. PRESIDENTIAL PORTRAITS 00:59:44 - AERIAL OVER "THE FEDERAL TRIANGLE" 00:59:52 - FEDERAL TRIANGLE BUILDINGS. EXTERIOR FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION BUILDING AT THE APEX OF THE TRIANGLE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. POST OFFICE. ORNATE NATIONAL ARCHIVE BUILDING. GREEK CORINTHIAN COLUMNS, RELIEF IN PEDIMENT. 01:00:09 - PAN MASSIVE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BUILDING. CU FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION BUILDING 01:00:19 - INTERIOR FBI BUILDING, GUIDED TOUR CU MEMORABILIA OF GANGSTERS, SPIES, DEATH MASK OF A GANGSTER, DILLINGER. CONTRABAND, ARSENAL, GUNS CAPTURED FROM CRIMINALS. CIGAR GLASSES AND PANAMA HAT. 01:00:44 - STILL FBI AGENT LOOKING AT FINGERPRINTS. ECU FINGERPRINT 01:00:56 - POV LOOKING DOWN MASSIVE FILE ROOM HOLDING FINGERPRINT FILES. IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. WORKERS AT TABLES LOOKING AT FINGERPRINTS 01:01:10 - FBI LABORATORY, SCIENTISTS MIXING CHEMICALS. BUBBLING LIQUIDS IN BEAKERS. TOURISTS LOOKING THROUGH GLASS WINDOW AT SCIENTIST LOOKING UNDER MICROSCOPE. BALLISTIC TEST 01:01:33 - TOURISTS INCLUDING BOY SCOUT WATCH THROUGH GLASS WINDOW AT AGENT IN TARGET PRACTICE. AGENT SHOOTING TOMMY GUN, THOMPSON SUB-MACHINE GUN. POV BEHIND AGENT SHOOTING. GREAT AUDIENCE REACTION SHOTS, BOY SCOUT IN AWE MOUTHING WOW. 01:02:00 - VARIOUS ANGLES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 01:02:12 - DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY. BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING. 1950s GREYHOUND BUS PASSES. 01:02:38 - WORKERS PRINTING MONEY CURRENCY. TOURISTS ON GALLERY WATCH WORKERS BELOW. TONS OF MONEY PILES OF UNCUT BILLS. WORKERS INSPECTING MONEY. WORKERS CUTTING TRIMMING MONEY. WORKER COUNTING $20.00 BILLS 01:03:12 - VARIOUS ANGLES, STATE DEPARTMENT BUILDING 01:03:24 - MONTAGE FOREIGN EMBASSIES. EMBASSY. FLAGS OF FRANCE, CHILE, UNITED STATES 01:03:36 - PAN-AMERICAN BUILDING. SPANISH PATIO 01:03:51 - AERIAL OVER THE PENTAGON BUILDING 01:04:05 - AERIAL OVER WASHINGTON HIGHWAYS, CLOVER LEAF OVERPASSES. 01:04:18 - CROWDED WASHINGTON DC STREET SCENES, UNIFORMED MEN, CIVILIANS. BUSES, CARS. 01:04:32 - HS TOURISTS ENTERING BUILDING, GETTING OFF SIGHT SEEING BUS, 1950s FASHIONS. 01:04:56 - TRAINS ARRIVING AT STATION, BALTIMORE & OHIO RR PASSENGER BOARDING TRAIN 01:05:06 - CU TRAIN PASSING VIEWER 01:05:13 - INTERIOR 1950s TRAIN, ATTENDANT LEANING OVER BOY HELPS RECLINE HIS SEAT. 01:05:24 - PORTER SERVING PASSENGERS LUNCH ON TRAIN 01:05:30 - TRAVEL AGENT HELPING CUSTOMER PLAN TRIP. BOW TIE. CUTS TO B & O TRAIN ROUTES AROUND WASHINGTON 01:05:54 - SCENIC PAN HARPERS FERRY, TRAIN TRACKS OVER WATER. IN THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS 01:06:07 - TRAIN ARRIVING AT STATION. 01:06:11 - ENGINEER POV MYRIAD OF TRACKS. URBAN RAILROAD LEADING TO WASHINGTON 01:06:16 - EXTERIOR WASHINGTON DC RAILROAD STATION UNION STATION 01:06:21 - FAMILY GETTING INTO TAXI CAB, CAPITOL DOME IN B/G. 01:06:31 - EXTERIOR MONTAGE ART GALLERIES IN WASHINGTON, DC. CORCORAN ART GALLERY, FREER GALLERY OF ART, NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART. 01:06:53 - INTERIOR NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART. MUSEUM GOERS LADY WITH A BIG FEATHER IN HER HAT 01:07:17 - CU ART MASTERPIECES, RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL SON & THE ALBA MADONNA 01:07:28 - WASHINGTON CATHEDRAL. MAGNIFICENT CATHEDRAL OF ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL. GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE (UNDER CONSTRUCTION) 01:07:50 - MEMORIAL CHURCH OF THE HOLY LAND. FRANCISCAN MONASTERY. MONK STROLLS IN GARDENS. SHRINES. GROTTO OF THE LOURDES. 01:08:14 - VARIOUS ANGLES EXTERIOR LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 01:08:39 - SLOW ZOOM IN ON THE GUTTENBERG BIBLE PAGES OPEN 01:08:48 - EXTERIOR THE FOLGER SHAKESPHERE LIBRARY. MARBLE STATUE OF PUCK 01:09:01 - EXTERIOR MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 01:09:10 - EXTERIOR NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE 01:09:18 - EXTERIOR MEMORIAL CONTINENTAL HALL, NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 01:09:30 - EXTERIOR RED CROSS HEADQUARTERS 01:09:36 - EXTERIOR NATIONAL EXECUTIVE OFFICE BUILDING 01:09:46 - BOTANIC GARDENS, CONSERVATORY. FLOWERS AND PLANT LIFE. JUNGLE TO DESERT FLOWERS. PLANTS. ORCHIDS. 01:10:26 - WASHINGTON PARK LANDS. URBAN PARKS. CHERRY TREES 01:10:44 - WASHINGTON DC STREET SCENES CIRCA 1950s 01:10:53 - HOTEL BELLMAN TAKING GUEST'S LUGGAGE FROM CAR 01:10:57 - POV TRAVELING ON STREET IN GEORGETOWN, QUAINT OLD HOUSES 01:11:17 - BLAIR HOUSE, CENTRAL WASHINGTON 01:11:24 - TILT UP FORD THEATER. CU PLAQUE COMMEMORATING ABRAHAM LINCOLN ASSASSINATION 01:11:38 - TOURISTS LEAVING HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET FROM FORD THEATER "HOUSE WHERE LINCOLN DIED" MORBID TOURIST DESTINATIONS. 01:11:47 - MONTAGE EXTERIOR SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. ARTS AND INDUSTRIES BUILDING. 01:12:04 - INTERIOR ARTS & INDUSTRIES BUILDING. EARLY AUTOMOBILES. LINDBERGH'S SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS. 01:12:24 - COSTUME HALL. FIRST LADY GOWNS. MARTHA WASHINGTON GOWN. 01:12:32 - PERSONAL RELICS OF ADMIRALS, GENERALS, AND STATESMEN. TOURISTS WALK PAST HUGE AMERICAN FLAG WITH HUGE STARS & STRIPES. BATTLE TORN FLAG. 01:12:54 - COUPLE SITS ON PARK BENCH, JEFFERSON MEMORIAL ACROSS THE POTOMIC 01:13:02 - CU BRONZE STATUE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON, VOICE OFF CAMERA RECITING PART OF DECLARATION "ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL" 01:13:13 - IN VIRGINIA HILLS, ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY ARLINGTON HOUSE. ROBERT E. LEE HOME. POV DRIVING THROUGH ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY 01:13:52 - CU AMERICAN FLAG TILT DOWN TO ARLINGTON MEMORIAL AMPHITHEATER 01:14:03 - MILITARY GUARDS AT THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER. CU INSCRIPTION 01:14:18 - TILT UP CHRIST CHURCH, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA 01:14:27 - GEORGE WASHINGTON FAMILY PEW. 01:14:35 - EXTERIOR GEORGE WASHINGTON MASONIC NATIONAL MEMORIAL 01:14:45 - MT. VERNON, HOME OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON'S BEDROOM. 01:15:24 - CU GEORGE WASHINGTON'S GRAVESTONE. TOMB OF WASHINGTON. SARCOPHAGUS 01:15:33 - VARIOUS ANGLES, ABRAHAM LINCOLN MEMORIAL 01:16:18 - COUPLE WALKING DOWN STEPS OF THE MEMORIAL, WASHINGTON MONUMENT IN THE DISTANCE 01:16:27 - CAPITOL BUILDING 01:16:36 - AMERICAN FLAG 01:16:40 - NARRATOR, MAN STANDING IN LIBRARY WITH BOOK 01:16:50 - REEL ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1950
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: V-1206