| U.S. CONGRESS ADJOURNS (LNER) U.S. Congressmen going home for summer break. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6346 |
| Catalog #: | 53662 | |
| Clip Number: | 53662-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 37/68 | |
| Timecode: | 01:11:07 - 01:12:40 | |
| Location: | Washington D.C., United States of America (USA). | |
| Year Shot: | 1937 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | GOVERNMENT: United States, Congress LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Washington D.C. OCCUPATIONS: Politicians / Statesmen | |
| Description: | "U.S. CONGRESS ADJOURNS". Washington D.C., United States of America (USA). Pan down dome of Congress building at Capitol Hill, Washington, to its stairs. Justice Hugo Black with wife and son standing at the stairs looking on - he is not coming back as a Senator after the break, he will be a justice on the Supreme Court. Black will be succeeded by a woman as a Senator from Alabama. The woman, Dixie Bibb Graves, is seen on the stairs with another woman and a man, chatting. She was appointed by her husband, Alabama Governor Bibb Graves. CU of Dixie Bibb Graves and Senator Hattie Caraway of Arkansas (Caraway was the first woman elected to the Senate.) Men working in the Congress archives. Several shots of the congressmen preparing to leave for home states. MS Nevada Senator Key Pittman putting papers away in his briefcase. MS Representative Mountain of Louisiana getting a shave from a barber. He sits up and addresses the camera, "Well gee old man. This is postively the last free shave of the 75th Congress. Leave for Lafayette, Louisiana tomorrow." CU sign "Railroad Ticket Office." A group of congressmen filing into the office. Clerk pulling tickets from rack. Clerk giving tickets to Congressmen. (Members of Congress receive free transportation home). A Group of Congressmen and Senators leaving the Capitol building and walking down the stairs; they smile and wave to the camera, pretty pleased to leaving on vacation. | |
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