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Tour of Usa Capitol Washington, D.C. & Discussion of Branches of American Government Xd14594 (1954)

1954 · Short film · 30 min

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Copyright is 1954, in other words during the Eisenhower administration. The film was shot by Tom Draper and produced by John Bransby Productions of New York. Spinning globe of planet Earth revolves (:48). Map of Europe showing the various capitols (1:08). United States as it looked in the Colonial Era (1:31). The capitol city of the United States at one time or another was in the following cities: Philadelphia, PA, York, PA, Lancaster, PA and Baltimore, MD, Princeton, NJ, Annapolis, MD, Trenton, NJ and NY, NY (1:42). A ten mile square section of Maryland and Virginia, on the Potomac River, would be the new capitol city. The land in Virginia was returned and Washington, D.C. was founded (2:17). Washington, D.C. (2:43). A beautiful tomb in Arlington National Cemetery for Pierre Charles L’enfant, the engineer of Washington, D.C. under George Washington (3:07). Lee Mansion at Arlington (3:13). L'enfant's designs for the city (3:19). The U.S. Capitol Building; the green Mall adjacent to the Washington Monument (3:41). Equestrian statue of President Andrew Jackson (4:05), George Gordon Meade Memorial Civil War Statue. National Art Gallery behind a water fountain (4:28). National Archives Building (4:42). Library of Congress houses the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the U.S.A. (4:59). Constitution (5:25). Legislative branch (5:41). The U.S. Capitol Building (5:47). Map of the United States and how the country expanded west through the decades (6:07). Painting…

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30 minutes
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Ephemeral Films

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