World Parade: Washington
Identifier
F.2005-01-0105
Date Of Production
circa 1946
Abstract
A Castle Films “The World Parade” travelogue film highlighting the government buildings, institutions, and historical monuments found in Washington D.C.
Log
00:00 - aerial, SA, FA exterior shots of United States Capitol Building, White House, workers cleaning Capitol Building with fire hoses, offices of the Chief Executives, VS State, Navy, War Department buildings, Supreme Court building with CU statues of “Justice” and “Law”
02:03 - aerial, SA, FA exterior shots of Treasury Building, MS statue of Alexander Hamilton, LS Pennsylvania Ave. with cars, with a parade, Smithsonian Institution exterior, interior MS Charles Lindbergh’s plane
02:54 - aerial Potomac River, cityscapes, SA Department of Commerce Building, Department of Agriculture, aerial Bureau of Engraving and Printing, interior workers in print shop
04:10 - PAN Dupont Circle with fountain, FA foreign embassy buildings, LS, MLS FA reflecting pool and Lincoln Memorial, MS The Great Emancipator statue of Lincoln, VS children sailing toy boats in reflecting pool, aerial, LS, MLS Washington Monument, MS cherry trees in blossom
05:29 - FA LS Congressional Library, interiors CU Declaration of Independence, Constitution, exterior statues Neptune’s Court, SA Pan American Union Building, Aztec Gardens with fountain, MLS, LS Washington Cathedral
06:23 - SA Ford’s Theater MS entrance and MLS Hull Room where Lincoln died, MS people riding horseback in Rock Creek Park, ducks in ponds, sunbathers at swimming pool, TS tennis courts Capitol Building in background
07:39 - VS cars driving across Arlington Memorial Bridge, National Cemetery MLS soldiers at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, LS exterior and full interior Cemetery Amphitheater, flags marking gravestones, LS Arlington House, FA, SA Mount Vernon, MS tomb of George and Martha Washington
08:54-09:38 - VS Washington D.C. buildings covered in snow, Capitol Building lit at night
02:03 - aerial, SA, FA exterior shots of Treasury Building, MS statue of Alexander Hamilton, LS Pennsylvania Ave. with cars, with a parade, Smithsonian Institution exterior, interior MS Charles Lindbergh’s plane
02:54 - aerial Potomac River, cityscapes, SA Department of Commerce Building, Department of Agriculture, aerial Bureau of Engraving and Printing, interior workers in print shop
04:10 - PAN Dupont Circle with fountain, FA foreign embassy buildings, LS, MLS FA reflecting pool and Lincoln Memorial, MS The Great Emancipator statue of Lincoln, VS children sailing toy boats in reflecting pool, aerial, LS, MLS Washington Monument, MS cherry trees in blossom
05:29 - FA LS Congressional Library, interiors CU Declaration of Independence, Constitution, exterior statues Neptune’s Court, SA Pan American Union Building, Aztec Gardens with fountain, MLS, LS Washington Cathedral
06:23 - SA Ford’s Theater MS entrance and MLS Hull Room where Lincoln died, MS people riding horseback in Rock Creek Park, ducks in ponds, sunbathers at swimming pool, TS tennis courts Capitol Building in background
07:39 - VS cars driving across Arlington Memorial Bridge, National Cemetery MLS soldiers at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, LS exterior and full interior Cemetery Amphitheater, flags marking gravestones, LS Arlington House, FA, SA Mount Vernon, MS tomb of George and Martha Washington
08:54-09:38 - VS Washington D.C. buildings covered in snow, Capitol Building lit at night
Run Time
9 min 41 sec
Format
16mm
Extent
350 feet
Color
B&W
Sound
Optical
Reel/Tape Number
1/1
Has Been Digitized?
Yes
Language Of Materials
English
Element
Print
Genre
Form
Subject
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Distributor
Additional Credits
Castle Films (is contributor)
Castle, Eugene W. (is editor)
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