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Tourist Shuttle Tour, Capitol Hill

Tourist Shuttle Tour, Capitol Hill
Clip: 426082_1_1
Year Shot: 1966 (Actual Year)
Audio: No
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1753
Original Film: 039-084-03
HD: N/A
Location: Washington, DC.
Timecode: 00:22:10 - 00:23:51

NO AUDIO The mini-trains from the New York World's Fair have now been pressed into service in the nation's capital. They're used as shuttle trains for tourists. For ten cents a person, the 1 Hour and 15 minute tour is the biggest bargain in D.C. LS Exterior shot of the Capitol Building and surrounding grounds. There's a tourist train in the picture. Camera pans past tree tops and a Greek statue. CU Tourist train as it slows down driving in the foreground of the Capitol Building. POV from a passenger on the touring train rolling down a Washington D.C. street towards the Washington Monument. The back of the conductor is seen. CU of tourists on the train. MS The Rotunda of the National Archives. MS Department of Interior exterior. CU Female tourists looking out the side of the train with a small child in her lap. LS Across the pond sits the Jefferson Memorial. MS Jefferson Memorial. MS Washington Monument. MS The Lincoln Memorial. MS the Federal Reserve. Aerial of traffic in Washington as the camera pulls away to show The White House and it s grounds. LS the Train passing the White House. People taking pictures on the tour from the bus. MS Capitol Building. Aerial of Washington D.C. The tour bus route passes the Supreme Court, Congressional Offices, the Library of Congress, Historic Barracks Row, and RFK Stadium to the east.