Historic Hour At Us Capitol (1959)

Unissued / unused material. American newsreel item. Historic hour at US Capitol, Washington DC, United States of America (USA). LS of American Capitol building. LS Capitol, cranes in foreground. LS President Dwight Eisenhower (Ike) arriving. LS crowd. MS President Eisenhower laying new cornerstone, pan to cornerstone being raised. CU cornerstone. MS President Eisenhower tapping the stone into place with mallet. LS of US Capitol, crowd and cranes in foreground. Part of the Capitol is being rebuilt. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont Bri