| NEW STORAGE CASES FOR US PAPERS New storage cases for US Constitution and Declaration of Independence | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 8107 |
| Catalog #: | 236943 | |
| Clip Number: | 236943-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 2383 E | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Washington DC | |
| Year Shot: | 1951 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | EXHIBITIONS: Historical LIBRARIES: Archives LIBRARIES: Library Of Congress | |
| Description: | NEW STORAGE CASES FOR US PAPERS New storage cases for US Constitution and Declaration of Independence Washington DC, United States of America (USA). LS Bureau of Standards where workmen are preparing new show cases. CU the Constitution and Declaration of Independence papers. MS workman sealing the edge of show case. MS man filling case with helium (less damaging to papers than air), pan to the papers in case. Various shots the papers in new cases being carried into the Library of Congress. Interior of Library with crowds inside. MS Chief Justice Fred Vinson unveiling new case, pan up to plaque. MS President Harry Truman looking the cases. Various shots Truman speaking into microphone (natural sound): "On this occasion we have to pray to Almighty God that the American people will remain faithful to the spirit of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. We should ask that they be ever mindful of the great wisdom and truth that are embodied in these two documents and to them in our form of Government". | |
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