1953WASHINGTON DC
Washington DC in the 1950's with narration. Famous landmark buildings, the Capitol, Pentagon, Supreme Court, Treasury and others.
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Washington DC in the 1950s: Reel begins
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Slow pan exterior The Capitol building, Washington, DC in the 1950's with narration. The General Ulysses S. Grant Memorial Statue can be seen out front.
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| 00:52:18 19.8 |
Shot from the side, the Capitol building. Vintage cars driving by.
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| 00:52:36 37.2 |
South wing of the Capitol where the House of Representatives meet. vintage 1950's cars parked including a Woodie.
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| 00:52:46 47.39 |
Pan the north wing of the Capitol where the U.S. Senate meets. Vintage cars and taxi driving by circa 1950's
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| 00:52:59 60.2 |
Traffic on Pennsylvania Avenue, 1950's cars and cabs.
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| 00:53:09 70.82 |
Wide shot Constitution Avenue with its massive array of federal government buildings.
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| 00:53:22 83.62 |
Unknown DC park with civil war monument and cannons.
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| 00:53:29 90.7 |
Wide shot of the Treasury Building with its many columns. Statue of a Civil War soldier standing across the street looking out at the building.
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| 00:53:50 111.32 |
Treasury Building shot from side going down the street, probably 15th Street. Traffic and peds.
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| 00:54:00 121.4 |
Pan the gigantic Pentagon building from across the Potomac River.
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| 00:54:16 136.92 |
Closer shot of the Pentagon front steps, people can be seen standing on steps, getting into vehicle.
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Exterior the State Department.
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| 00:54:43 164.53 |
Exterior the United States Supreme Court, the judicial branch of our government, with its many columns and steps.
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| 00:55:19 200.05 |
Wide shot, The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, with fountains out front. The only President who never occupied it was George Washington.
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| 00:55:53 234.32 |
The Potomac River, slow pan from across river, Woodrow Wilson Bridge going across.
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| 00:56:01 242.35 |
Large sign - Mount Vernon The Home of George Washington Restored and Maintained by The Mount Vernon Ladies Association (organized in 1853)
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| 00:56:08 249.49 |
Mount Vernon the home of President George Washington. Tourists seen walking the grounds.
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Pan the Arlington National Cemetery, the rows and rows of white gravestones.
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| 00:57:05 306.35 |
Wide shot, The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Close up and the tomb is more visibly seen sitting in front of the structure housing it, soldier solemnly marching back and forth.
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| 00:57:47 348.26 |
Wide shot down the street of the historic brick Lincoln Museum, home of the Old Ford's Theater. Sign on the building, Lincoln Museum - Old Ford's Theater. Pan up the brick building, American flag flying from third floor window,
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The house where President Lincoln died, across from the Ford's Theater. Close up on the sign out front: House Where Lincoln Died, Admission 10 cents, Children under 12 years free. Hours listed on sign. People walking up front steps to house. Pan up on the building.
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Various hotels and buildings in and around Washington, D.C. circa 1950's pov moving vehicle. Traffic, vintage cars and busses, peds walking streets. Beautiful architecture on old buildings downtown.
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Dupont Circle area, pov moving vehicle, large buildings, estate type homes lush with vegetation, suburban type homes closer together, hilly streets.
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Beautiful architecture foreign embassy building, housing embassies and some governments still in exile. Emblem on building representing a country in exile, unknown foreign flag on building, Egyptian Embassy emblem.
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Embassy of the Philippines sign on building and flag flying
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| 01:01:24 565.87 |
Male students wearing suits and ties in front of Georgetown University. Wide shot front of the college. Large group all male students wearing suits walking campus.
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Capital Airlines, the Constellations turbo prop plane in the air. Interior of plane passengers looking comfortable, stewardess handing passengers' pillows and adjusting their seas.
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Capital Cloud Club sign on door. Fashionable women passengers inside the Club seated on sofa with a gentleman, reading magazines, all looking comfortable, flying in style. Private section of plane, gourmet tray of food served by hostess.
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Tilt down on tray of gourmet food served in the Capital Cloud Club of Capital Airlines plane. Well dressed couple enjoying their dinners,
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Plane's propeller pov from round window in plane.
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Capital Airlines turbo prop plane in the air, pov another plane.
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Passengers on plane assisted by stewardess, looking out window of moving plane. The sites of Washington DC from moving plane.
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The Capitol building as seen from airplane.
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Capital Airline turbo prop plane landing on runway
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| 01:04:54 774.99 |
Pan Washington National Airport circa 1950's
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| 01:05:02 783.65 |
People disembarking Capital Airlines plane down the steps and onto tarmac.
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Approaching the historic Lincoln Memorial from the Arlington Memorial Bridge - pov moving vehicle. Vintage cars headed toward monument.
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Wide shot The Lincoln Memorial with its many columns all around the building. Closer up, people walking up the steps of the building toward the actual Lincoln memorial seated inside.
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| 01:06:01 841.97 |
The very moving Lincoln Memorial (actual statue) with the memorable quote etched into the wall behind the statue.
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Mom with two young daughters standing on the steps of the Memorial with the Washington Monument in the bkgd.
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Side shot Abraham Lincoln statue at the Lincoln Memorial.
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Thomas Jefferson round marble Memorial building with the Washington Monument in bkgd, pov moving vehicle.
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| 01:06:48 889.58 |
Close up slow pan exterior Thomas Jefferson Memorial
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| 01:07:07 908.41 |
The bronze statue of Thomas Jefferson standing tall.
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Two young servicemen gazing up at Thomas Jefferson. the
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Pan down on one of the four Thomas Jefferson quotations inscribed on the wall of his memorial. ".....All men are ceated equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights, among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness..."
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Wide shot, the Washington Monument
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Tourists visiting the Washington Monument, including men, women, kids and sailors.
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Slow pan up the beautiful white Monument against bright blue sky
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Washington Monument shot from across the Capitol's tree lined mall.
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Wide shots Jefferson Memorial with reflection over river, Lincoln Memorial from the Reflecting Pool, the Capitol.
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| 01:09:24 1045.79 |
Credits
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| 01:09:36 1057.36 |
Washington DC in the 1950s: Reel Ends.
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