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Washington D.C. Travelogue / Educational Film U.S. Capitol National Mall Monuments 24934 (1945)

1945 · Short film · 8 min

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The District of Columbia” was the very first episode in the 1940s motion picture series created by Carl Dudley Productions, “The Screen Book of Knowledge -- This Land Of Ours”. It dates to 1945 and presents a travelogue view of historic buildings, monuments, architecture and transportation in and around that nation's capitol Washington, D.C. A boy opens the “Screen Book of Knowledge” (0:07). Opening credits (0:10). Slow zoom on a color-coded map of the United States into a star representing Washington, D.C. (0:24). Aerial view of the National Mall, 14th St., and the U.S. Capitol (0:50). A trolley car and a PCC streetcar pass ways (0:57). A streetcar heads toward the camera (1:01). FBI Headquarters. Sign: “Federal Bureau of Investigation” (1:04). The U.S. Department of Justice Building and early 1940’s automobiles (1:07). The Constitution of the United States. Slow zoom in (1:11). The White House behind the bars of a black fence, then again in closeup (1:20). A PCC streetcar stops at the Dept. of Justice Building. (1:34). View of The Treasury Building from 15th Street. A billboard: “Back Your Future” for U.S. savings bonds (1:43). The Main Navy and Munitions Buildings along Constitution Avenue (1:56). Navy personnel of various ranks and offices. Sailors and nurses walk toward the camera, under “Navy Department” signage (2:00). The Pentagon building viewed from across the Potomac (2:09). The State, War, and Navy Building, aka the Old Executive Office Building, aka the…

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8 minutes
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Ephemeral Films

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