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Great Hall - Library of Congress Interior
Elevated GV the Great Hall inside the Library of Congress. MS Minerva mosaic, pan out to GV of the Great Hall, zoom back into MS of Minerva mosaic.
Great Hall - Library of Congress Interior
Elevated GV marble arch reading "Library of Congress", people seen walking hallway below, pan out to GV Great Hall.
Main Reading Room - Library of Congress Interior
Main Reading Room - Library of Congress Interior
Main Reading Room - Library of Congress Interior
CU face of young Caucasian man, head tiled down, engaged in reading. MCU profile young African American man seated at desk, engaged in reading, he then flips through pages of the book. GV Main Reading Room with people seated at the curved desks.
Main Reading Room - Library of Congress Interior
MCU African American man wearing seated at desk w/pile of books in front of him, man is engaged in reading, he takes a break from book to write notes. CU Caucasian man engaged in study. MCU Caucasian man at desk reading, he also has an Atlas propped up & open in front of him.
Industrial Building Fire
Aerial of industrial rail yard, shot pans to smoke rising from industrial complex. Low altitude aerial, circling burnt-out smoldering building. LS burning building w/ white smoke rising. GV burnt-out shell of a building, firefighters seen trying to extinguish the remaining flames. GV/MS building frame burning.
Industrial Building Fire
Aerial of smoke rising from industrial building. GV steel frame of burnt-out building being ravaged by flames, pan past remaining outer wall where firefighters are hosing building with water. MS building frame engulfed in flames. Low angle LS looking up at firefighter in cherry picker w/hose, pan to shell of building in flames. Aerial over building illuminated by flames & white smoke.
Capitol Journal - Perceptions of Congress
Capitol Journal - Perceptions of Congress - Originally broadcast on March 28, 1985
Capitol Journal - Perceptions of Congress
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Capitol Journal - Perceptions of Congress
Political fund raiser, black-tie dinner. Ronald Reagan raises his glass to toast with some dinner guests.
Capitol Journal - Perceptions of Congress
Farmers with pick-up truck.
Capitol Journal - Perceptions of Congress
Jay Armstrong, farmer, speaking. Whatever the needs of the public seems to be asking for, we never seem to get.
Capitol Journal - Perceptions of Congress
Representative Jim Wright (D - Texas) We are a mirror of the American nation.
Capitol Journal - Perceptions of Congress
Hodding Carter does intro for the program.
Capitol Journal - Perceptions of Congress
Titles for Capitol Journal.
Capitol Journal - Perceptions of Congress
In studio, Hodding Carter gives opening to the program.
Capitol Journal - Perceptions of Congress
In Congress, Tip O Neil banging gavel, beginning a session of Congress.
Capitol Journal - Perceptions of Congress
Washington DC. Protest demonstrators with signs that read We re Fired Up. Can t Take Reagan s Budget Cuts.
Capitol Journal - Perceptions of Congress
People in business suits gathered outside. They flip through papers. They are said to be supporters of the Nicaragua Contras.
Capitol Journal - Perceptions of Congress
MX missile flying into the sky. LGM-118 Peacekeeper is a land based ICBM.
Capitol Journal - Perceptions of Congress
Ronald Reagan Remarks at a White House Briefing for Central American Leaders, March 25, 1985. . . . The Soviets' plan is designed to crush self-determination of free people It's a plan to turn Central America into a Soviet beachhead of aggression that could spread terror and instability north and south . . .
Capitol Journal - Perceptions of Congress
Senate committee meeting.
Capitol Journal - Perceptions of Congress
Chicago, Illinois. Protest demonstrators, large crowd protesting the budget cuts. Mayor Harold Washington, make certain that every person in the Congress understands thoroughly that if you vote against the cities, you don t just destroy the cities. You, Congressman will in effect, destroy yourself