Focus on the Capitol

Duration: 15

Year Published: 1971

Creator: : The Heart of America / Hearst Metrotone News.

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Credits: Hearst Metrotone News, Inc.

Description: Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CBPF.; Presents a tour of the Capitol Building. Includes scenes of George Washington laying the cornerstone for the original building, the burning of the Capitol by the British in 1814, the inaugurations of Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John Kennedy, and Lyndon Johnson, and the opening of the ninety-second Congress.

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE