Overview
- Description
- Downtown traffic on Pennsylvania Avenue, U.S. Congress building, automobile traffic, buses, trolleys, pedestrians. Hotel Washington. WS of the White House, flag at half mast for FDR's death. EXT, the Navy Department and the Department of the Interior. Military and civilians entering building. Pedestrians and street traffic. CU of "Washington Afro-American" newspaper front page title: WAR ENDS IN EUROPE. Front page of "Jewish Journal and Daily News" in Hebrew. Woman at gates of the White House. Group of naval officers and civilians enter Navy Department. DC newsstand with V-E Day headlines.
- Duration
- 00:05:57
- Date
-
Event:
1945 May 08
- Locale
-
Washington, DC,
United States
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- Contributor
-
Producer:
United States. Army Air Forces.
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Unedited.
- B&W / Color
- Color
- Image Quality
- Excellent
- Time Code
- 01:17:12:00 to 01:23:09:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2258 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
Master 2258 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
Master 2258 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
Master 2258 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 2258 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
Preservation 2258 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
Preservation 2258 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
Preservation 2258 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
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- Conditions on Access
- You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
- Copyright
- Public Domain
- Conditions on Use
- To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this material.
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in July 2000.
- Copied From
- 16mm
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 2341
Source Archive Number: 18 SFP 9138 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:46:19
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