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Name: DVD, Washington, DC: City out of Wilderness Format: Region: plays worldwide, NTSC Part # DV-96 Price: $19.95 Run Time: 40 min More Information: • Historical prints, photos & footage • Includes Dr. King s I Have a Dream speech Contemporary aerial shots • Incredible Digital Picture & Sound Quality • Interactive Menus • Chapter Search DVD BONUS FEATURES: • Historical photo gallery • Washington quiz • 1920 s Washington D.C. newsreel

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The U.S. Capitol Historical Society is pleased to make available on DVD the following documentary, originally produced in 1976 for the U.S. Bicentennial. This informative video was created to convey the magnificence, the vitality, and the extensive influence of our nation s capital, and to rekindle the nation s pride in its great heritage.
1976, 2005 USCHS/FHFC

DVD BONUS FEATURES:
• 1920 s Washington D.C. newsreel This 10-minute bonus video features historical movie footage from the 1920 s, including live movies of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Dedication in 1921, the Lincoln Memorial Dedication in 1922, as well as 1920 s footage of the Capitol, White House, National Mall, and a citywide pan from atop the Washington Monument.
• Historical photo gallery
• Washington quiz

DVD CHAPTERS:
1 Surveying the Land
2 Building the Capitol
3 British Invasion
4 Rebuilding
5 Growth
6 The Dome
7 Civil War
8 Reconstruction
9 Through the Decades
10 Freedom March
11 The Capitol Today
12 Modern Landmarks

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