This is definitely (hopefully) something you would not see today. It’s a large parade of tanks heading from the Capitol Building towards the White House.
Source: National Geographic
The caption claims it’s 1947, but the discussion on Reddit seem to point to a time during World War II.
![Army Officers at New Year reception, [Washington, D.C.], 1/1/25](https://ghostsofdc.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2014/01/26557u-400x400.jpg)
