This film contains a mix of silent and sound footage.
National Archives Identifier: 12063
Local Identifier: 64.8
catalog.archiv...
Creator: National Archives and Records Administration
Series: Moving Images Relating to National Archives Activities and Events
Record Group 64: Records of the National Archives and Records Administration
This item was produced or created: December 13, 1952
Scope and Content: This footage shows the Constitution of the United States and the Declaration of Independence as they are loaded into an armored truck at the Library of Congress, taken to the National Archives Building in a procession down Pennsylvania and Constitution Avenues, and carried up the building's steps. President Harry S. Truman and Supreme Court Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson speak in a ceremony at the National Archives Rotunda on the historic importance of the documents.
Contact(s):
National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (RDSM)
National Archives at College Park
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740-6001
Phone: 301-837-3540
Email: mopix@nara.gov
16 сен 2020