Made in 1953 by Castle Films, a company that created 8mm and 16mm newsreels for use in American homes, “The Nation’s Capitol” is a travelogue of Washington, DC that includes the Eisenhower inauguration. Some of the famous sights featured include the Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Washington Memorial, National Archives Building, National Gallery of Art Museum, Arlington Cemetery, the Capitol Building, Supreme Court Building, Department of Justice Building, FBI building, Treasury Building, State Department Building and the White House. You’ll also see a PCC trolley car in the film as well as the famous subway underneath the U.S. Capitol building. The film concludes with a filmed account of the inauguration of President Eisenhower on January 20, 1953. Eisenhower and Harry Truman riding in the motorcade to the Capitol Building. Senator Knowland administering the vice‐presidential oath to Richard Nixon, Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson administering the oath to Eisenhower, the conclusion of Eisenhower’s inaugural address, and part of the inaugural parade from the viewing stand at the White House.
The subway system of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. currently consists of three underground electric people mover systems that connect the United States Capitol to the House and Senate office buildings.
The original subway line was built in 1909 to link the Russell Senate Office Building to the Capitol. In 1960, an operator-controlled monorail was installed for the Dirksen Senate Office Building. A two-car subway line connecting the Rayburn House Office Building to the Capitol was built in 1965. The Dirksen monorail, which had been extended to the Hart Senate Office Building in 1982, was replaced in 1993 by an automatic train.
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