German zeppelin Hindenburg lands at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey on the morning of 9 May 1936, after the airship's maiden voyage across the North Atlantic Ocean. People gather to watch the zeppelin after a successful transatlantic flight in 60 hours. The zeppelin enters a waiting hangar as a huge crowd gathers to watch. A Nazi swastika on the airship. Dr. Hugo Eckener thanks American government for their cooperation and talks about the successful flight across the North Atlantic. (This is the only portion of the clip that includes audio). People look at the zeppelin in the hangar.
Water skiing stunts in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Amityville, New York. Women water skiing while pulled by a motorboat. Two women fall into the rough ocean. A man climbs up a ladder on water skis being pulled by a motorboat in the foreground. Another man hangs from a trapeze as he performs stunts on water skis. The ladders and trapeze on water skis turns and falls into the ocean.
Shellback Initiation ceremonies aboard the U.S. Navy ship USS Indianapolis (CA-35) in the Atlantic Ocean. The USS Indianapolis is on its way to South America, carrying President Franklin D. Roosevelt on a "Good neighbor" cruise for state visits. The captain of the ship, Captain Henry Kent Hewitt, walks along with sailors dressed in costumes. Neptune's court in session. A sailor reads from a "subpoena" of the court. The subpoena reads "In the Royal High Court of the Realm of Neptune, In and for the District of Equatorius."
King Neptune shellback initiation ceremonies aboard the U.S. Navy ship USS Indianapolis (CA-35) in the Atlantic Ocean. Sailors dressed in costumes perform on the ship deck. Doctors perform mock operation on a patient lying on stretcher. The sailors perform a mock beheading act. A sailor points at a spinning board that decides each initiate's fate. Initiate sailors thrown into a small water pool. They play games aboard the ship. USS Indianapolis underway to South America, carrying President Franklin Roosevelt on a "Good Neighbor" trip for state visits.
S.S.Queen Mary sets a new mark across Atlantic. British liner, S.S.Queen Mary moves across the Atlantic. S.S.Queen Mary ship reaches New York in a record time of four days, eight hours and thirty seven minutes, from Cherbourg water break, to the Ambrose Lightship. Biplane aircraft fly over the Queen Mary ocean liner as she nears the coast. The Statue of Liberty is also seen in harbor of New York City.
The President of the United States Thomas Woodrow Wilson aboard the U.S. Navy USS George Washington underway in the Atlantic Ocean. Sailors and officers gathered during celebration of the Fourth of July (Independence day) aboard the USS George Washington. U.S. President Thomas Woodrow Wilson gives a speech. The sailors and officers listen as the President speaks. The sailors climb on rope and overhead poles. The sailors sit on the pole and listen to the speech. The Presidential party among the soldiers on the deck.
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