Tag: videos

Check out this great footage out. This is from 1949, sent in by GoDCer Eric. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhrTaOIl5iI

Here's a cool documentary from YouTube on Thompson's Dairy, formerly on 11th St. near U St. Thanks to GoDCers Alex and Richard, U St....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrVZblIYljo This is some great old footage of FDR dedicating the NIH back in 1940. Thanks to GoDCer Jeff for sending this in a while...

I never thought about looking into the origin of REO Speedwagon's band name, but alas, coming across this old advertisement in The Washington Post from...

It's that time of year, again. Commencement speakers address graduating college and university classes, and inevitably their speeches are ranked, assessed, complimented, and criticized. This...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhsboFeKvMQ We found this great old film footage at the Moving Image Research Collection at the University of South Carolina. It shows Italian Army General...

Check out this great film footage from 1931 showing the Washington Senators during spring training. We found these at the Moving Image Research Collection...

Here's a great film of Washington in the 1930s. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhlqMLGsGhA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avEa_cGNaKQ Here is an old film that we dug up at the National Archives. It's from 1968, showing the devastation of the riots following MLK's...

Like most of D.C., probably the country, we're obsessed with House of Cards. It's a little over the top, but sometimes that's the beauty...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvoiCvJycmc What a cool video! This was a find on the Library of Congress website. Below is the description from the site. "This most excellent picture...

This is a really interesting film that we found at the National Archives. It was made by the Ford Motor Company in 1922. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOhJ5IUVj0o Source: U.S....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h62ec3Ilgno Many of you will be familiar with these images from the Knickerbocker Theater disaster. We haven't yet written about it, but there's an excellent...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_mZZ4MkqH0 Here's a cool find from YouTube. The Senators lost the World Series to the Pirates, after having won the year before. Can you tell...