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Go to HomepageReel Number: 220491-03
Color: Colour
Sound: SD
Year / Date: 1940s
Country: USA
Location: Washington, DC
TC Begins: 09:27:31
TC Ends: 09:41:10
Duration: 00:13:39
Washington - Shrine of American Patriotism Pt. 1 of 2 Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Presents Book removed from shelf, Lowell Thomas SOF to camera re George Washington & Washington DC. 09:28:39 Streamliner runby. Father w/ two children on train, pointing out sights in book, CUs. Aerial of Washington DC, including Capitol & mall. View up Pennsylvania Avenue, street scene w/ traffic, Capitol. 09:29:43 Washington monument, white marble obelisk. Tourists entering to go to observation tower. View from tower over Washington of WWII barrack offices lining reflecting pool to Lincoln Memorial. View North past White House & downtown. Capitol building. Tourists walk up steps. Int. Rotunda w/ statues & paintings of former Presidents and events, includes Apotheosis. Capitol dome interior. 09:31:22 Interior House of Representatives meeting. Capitol subway. Ext of Senate Office Building & House of Representatives. Supreme Court building. Shot down Pennsylvania Avenue. White House, shots from various angles. Int. White House, various rooms & offices. Portraits of past Presidents. 09:33:02 Aerial of Federal Triangle w/ Federal Trade Commission, Dept. of Commerce building, Post office H.Q., National Archives. Dept. of Justices building, Ext. sign Federal Bureau of Investigation. Tourists on guided tour round FBI. Weapons etc seized from criminals. CU Fingerprint. 09:34:12 Long line of cabinets housing prints on file. Laboratory, FBI scientist w/ test tubes. Agent carrying out ballistic test on bullet, watched by tourist family. 09:35:13 Dept. of Agriculture building. Treasury Department, interior of mint, engraving & printing paper money, counting sheets, trimming money. 09:36:22 State Dept. building, various embassies & legations. Pan-American building, Spanish patio w/ plants and fountains. 09:36:58 Aerial of Pentagon, AV fairly deserted modern highways leading to Pentagon. 09:37:25 Street scene, many men wearing uniform crossing streets, pedestrians. Tourist off tour buses,railroad station, boarding Baltimore & Ohio train, runby, int. hostesses. Black waiter serving food in dining car. Travel office for B&O w/ agent planning w/ customer. Map. 09:38:56 Harpers Ferry. B&O RR into station. Ext. Union Station, Washington. Tourist family helped to cab with suitcases. 09:39:32 Ext, Corcoran Art Gallery, National Gallery of Art ext. & int. w/ tourists viewing paintings: Return of the Prodigal Son by Muriel; Alba Madonna by Raphael. Cathedral of Saint Peter and Paul aka Washington Cathedral under construction. Memorial Church of the Holy Lands, the Franciscan Monastery, monk walking in gardens. Continued... Travelogue; Promotional Film; Americana;