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Washington, DC in the 1930s: A Short Film

A short film of Washington, DC in the 1930s, shared from YouTube. Old footage of the capital city as it looked in that decade, linked from this page.

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A film frame shows a house with dormer windows and a raised front entrance.

Here’s a great film of Washington in the 1930s.

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