This episode of the color television show “America!”, created by Jack Douglas, is entitled “Star Spangled City”. This is part 1 of a 2 part episode, “The House, The Hill, The Shadows of Three”. It presents a visitor’s guide to the nation’s capitol, Washington, D.C. Narrated by Robert Taylor with score by Nelson Riddle. Copyright 1965.
Opening titles: America! Robert Taylor speaks alongside his wife and children (:08). Title: Camera Cade – Star Spangled City (:58). Title: The House, The Hill, The Shadows of Three (1:26). Aerial shot of the White House in Washington, D.C.; people take pictures in front of the White House (1:35). Gate at the visitors entrance opens at 10am every Tuesday through Saturday for two hours to visit (1:50). U.S. Capitol building (2:05). The Brumidi Corridors are the vaulted, ornately decorated corridors on the first floor of the Senate wing in the United States Capitol; named for Constantino Brumidi, who designed the murals (2:27). People take a tour of the ground floors of the Capitol building and are given information by a tour guide (2:40). Ceilings of the Capitol (4:12). On the banks of the Potomac River – Jefferson Memorial (4:35). Inside the Jefferson Memorial (4:54). Washington Monument (5:23). Inside the Washington Monument (5:57). Lincoln Memorial (6:09). Ford’s Theatre where Lincoln was slain became a museum (6:24). Still pictures of inside Ford’s theatre on the night of April 14, 1865; the pistol used to assassinate Lincoln is on display (6:39). House where Lincoln died (6:57). Washington Monument; the reflecting pool (7:32). Nighttime in Washington, D.C. at the Lincoln Memorial (7:51). Title: The Words of Men, The Altars of Gods (8:15). Archives of the U.S.A. building (8:24). Actual Declaration of Independence of the U.S. (8:43). Bill of Rights and the Constitution of the U.S. (9:00). Library of Congress (9:13). Inside the library is the Minerva of Peace mosaic (9:36). Gutenberg Bible and the Giant Bible of Mainz (9:56). Original draft of the Declaration of Independence (10:36). Washington’s handwriting, Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation & the Gettysburg Address (10:44). National Cathedral; still unfinished (11:42). Eight stone carvers are employed at the Cathedral; inside the cathedral (12:18). George Dewey and Woodrow Wilson rest in peace at the National Cathedral (13:00). Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (13:22). Mosque, pride of Islam, the Islamic Center (14:20). A reading from the Koran (15:22). Robert Taylor speaks (15:48). Title: Star Spangled Bargain (16:05). Smithsonian Museum (16:14). Inside the museum: John Glen’s capsule (16:33). The Spirit of St. Louis, Charles Lindberg’s plane; The Wright Bros. first plane (16:57). Model of a new National Air & Space Museum for the future (17:20). Inside the history side of the Smithsonian: Benjamin Franklin printing press; cotton gin from Eli Whitney; Electro magnet (17:47). Paintings to help Americans understand the Native Americans (18:38). Stamps (18:47). Famous gowns worn by America’s first ladies (19:13). National Gallery of Art (19:54). Museum of National History; artifacts inside (20:59). African Bush elephant (22:19). Diamonds (23:02). Sunset in Washington, D.C. (24:00). End credits (24:17).
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