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German Battleship Ostfriesland is sunk by U.S. Army Air Corps bombers during test

A medium bomb (probably dropped by a U.S. Navy aircraft) is seen hitting the German Battleship Ostfriesland on July 20, 1921 in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States. A formation of U.S. Navy Curtiss F5L flying boats is seen in the air. The following day, July 21, 1921, 2000 lb. bomb is seen exploding near the Ostfriesland. The bomb is dropped by an airplane from an Air Corps unit commanded by Army Brigadier General Billy Mitchell (neither seen). Several other 2000 lb. bombs explode on and near the Ostfriesland, causing it to roll over and sink.

Date: 1921, July 21
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070747
Aerial bombing of battleship USS Alabama (BB-8) in the Chesapeake Bay under direction of General Billy Mitchell

'Aerial bombing of obsolete battleship'. Bombing of an old United States Navy battleship USS Alabama (BB-8) in the Chesapeake Bay of the Atlantic Ocean in 1921. General William L Mitchell on the bridge of United States Mine Planter Schofield. Secretary of Navy Denby's yacht underway at sea. Planes maneuver off to Tangier Island, Virginia. A plane drops a chemical bomb, it strikes the forward deck and explosion occurs. An aircraft drops smoke bombs in water and smoke rises. White phosphorus bombs dropped and a massive explosion occurs.

Date: 1921, September 27
Duration: 3 min 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049048
U.S. Felixstowe F5L flying boat aircraft drop bombs on captured German Battleship, SMS Ostfriesland causing it to sink in the Atlantic Ocean.

Sinking of captured German battleship, SMS Ostfriesland in the Atlantic Ocean. Line of Felixstowe F5L flying boat aircraft parked at a flight hangar. (F5-L 3362 was built in Canada by Canadian Aeroplanes Ltd.) Bombs loaded underneath the aircraft. Formation of F5L aircraft in flight overhead approaching target battleship. The battleship is bombed. Heavy columns of smoke rise as the battleship explodes. The aircraft in formation flight. Aerial view of the burning battleship. A bomb explodes on the stern of SMS Ostfriesland. Aerial view of the burning ship. The ship sinks.

Date: 1921
Duration: 3 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051032
Shackleton's final ship "Quest" underway in the Atlantic Ocean during an expedition headed to Antarctica.

Sir Ernest Shackleton's last expedition to Antarctica. Ship Quest underway at sea after stopping at Lisbon, Portugal. The Quest underway in the Atlantic Ocean. View from Quest as it passes the five masted sailing ship "France II" (stated as"La France" in the film slates), the largest sailing ship in the world, as it approaches St. Paul Rocks off the coast of Brazil. (France II was built by Chantiers et Ateliers de la Gironde in Bordeaux, and was launched November 9, 1911.)

Date: 1921
Duration: 1 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065858
Crew members aboard Quest catch a porpoise in the Atlantic Ocean during final expedition headed to Antarctica.

A film about Sir Ernest Shackleton's last expedition to Antarctica. Film slate says that a "porpoise" moves up and down in front of ship Quest. The porpoise on the deck after being caught. A sailor grabs a pet cat and drops it onto the porpoise, and it jumps off immediately as the men laugh. Men string up the porpoise and hoist it so it hangs above the deck. (Note: The nose shape and dorsal fin shape indicate that this may be a dolphin, not a porpoise).

Date: 1921
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065860
Booby birds seated on St. Paul's Rocks in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil.

A film about Sir Ernest Shackleton's journey to Antarctica during the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition, in their ship, The Quest. A view of St. Paul's Rocks off the coast of Brazil. Booby birds seated on St. Paul's Rocks. The birds take off.

Date: 1921, November 8
Duration: 2 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065859
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