The Capital City: Washington, D.C. (1940)

• 64%
• 1940
• Documentary
• History
• James A. FitzPatrick

This travelogue focuses on the exteriors of well-known buildings in Washington, D.C. It begins with the Washington Monument and ends with the Lincoln Memorial. The visual tour includes the White House, the Capitol, the Smithsonian, the Supreme Court Building, the Department of the Interior, and the Willard Hotel. Washington's cherry blossoms are also celebrated. The narrator gives us a bit of the history of each building.