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Christmas Tree

Christmas Tree
Clip: 425566_1_1
Year Shot: 1966 (Actual Year)
Audio: No
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1755
Original Film: 039-097-03
HD: N/A
Location: Washington DC
Timecode: 00:03:54 - 00:04:44

No Audio. An 80 year old 65 foot red fir from the Sierra Mountains of California is erected in Washington D.C. for Christmas Celebrations. The National Community Christmas Tree highlights this year's Pageant of Peace with over 25 hundred multi-colored lights. Washington DC A flatbed truck moves a very large Christmas tree on its flatbed. A painted sign reads The National Christmas Tree. From California to Washington, DC. Provided by Pacific Gas and Electric Company." The flatbed truck drives down Pennsylvania Avenue passing The White House. The Christmas tree is towed to The Ellipse or President's Park South. A small group of children watch the workmen unload the tree. Children watch the tree being planted and tilt their heads back to see. A crane is used to stand the tree up. In one direction you see the White House in the far distance and to the other the Washington Monument.