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WWII - Color, 1945, USA Homefront: V-E Day, Washington DC. 08May45

Reel Number: 221025-17

Color: Colour

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1945

Country: USA

Location: DC,Washington

TC Begins: 22:44:12

TC Ends: 22:50:10

Duration: 00:05:58

WWII - Color, 1945, USA Homefront: V-E Day, Washington DC. 08May45 Views of Pennsylvania Avenue towards Capitol w/ traffic, street cars, trams, cars, pedestrians. Sunshine MS. 22:45:19 MS White House exterior on PA Ave w/ flag at half mast. Navy Dept exterior, men walking in across street. US flag at half mast. EXT Dept of the Interior, military personnel on steps. Pedestrians w/ Washington Monument in BG. Street sign on lamp post ‘Pennsylvania Ave. & NW 15th St’ (Could be anytime during WWII) 22:47:42 Newspaper headlines ‘War Ends in Europe’ - various newspapers: Washington Afro-American; Jewish Journal and Daily News in Hebrew / Yiddish. Woman looks thru railings to White House. People entering Navy Dept; INT lobby w/ arrivals silhouetted. 22:48:57 Newspaper stands with headlines re VE day. Black man buys newspaper Washington-Afro American. CU man picking up newspaper from stand. VE Day, WW2 Armistice; Daily Life; 1940s Street Scenes; Color;

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