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Artillery used to set off an intentional preemptive avalanche at Alta ski resort in Utah

A training film about the means of forecasting and controlling of avalanches in Alta, Utah. A man loads a shell into an artillery piece. Snow covered slopes of a mountain. Avalanche being set in motion as a result of artillery fire. A dust cloud being formed by the drifting snow. A secondary avalanche is triggered by the force and energy of the artillery-triggered avalanche. A man skis down a slope. Men ski down a snow covered slope. An artillery shell fired from a tower to set off an avalanche.

Date: 1950
Duration: 2 min 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059589
Damaged USS Franklin approaches the Brooklyn Navy yard after Japanese attack during World War II.

The damaged USS Franklin arrives at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York City after the Japanese attack during World War II. Skyscrapers of lower Manhattan. USS Franklin steams up the river surrounded by tugs. Skyscrapers in the background. USS Franklin off the Brooklyn Navy Yard. A Navy band waits at the dock for the arrival of USS Franklin.

Date: 1945, April
Duration: 2 min 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059686
Captain Gehres aboard the damaged USS Franklin approaches the Brooklyn Navy yard after Japanese Kamakazi attacks

USS Franklin (CV-13) arriving at Brooklyn Navy yard in New York City, after being severely damaged by Japanese attacks in the Pacific, during World War II. Navy band plays at the pier. Captain Lesslie H. Gehres standing with his Navigation Officer, Commander Stephen Jurika,Jr., aboard the USS Franklin as it approaches the Navy Yard. The Captain looks through the binoculars and talks with Commander Jurika. He smokes a cigarette. He issues instructions through the voice tube. Damaged flight deck of the USS Franklin. (Note: West Coast repair facilities were all full of damaged U.S. ships, so the USS Franklin had to proceed to the East Coast for final repairs.)

Date: 1945, April 26
Duration: 1 min 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059687
U.S. Secretary of Navy James Forrestal arrives by a C-54 aircraft in Honolulu, Hawaii.

A U.S. C-54 transport aircraft approaching Honolulu to land, with faint rainbow visible behind it. The aircraft lands and taxis in with outboard engines shut down, to the Military Air Transport Terminal on the airfield. An anchor and four stars on field of blue are displayed below the pilot's window. The aircraft parks and sailors quickly form an honor guard as the cabin door opens. Secretary of the Navy, James Forrestal, wearing a tropical pith helmet, steps from the airplane and is greeted by Rear Admiral John Towers and other officers. Secretary Forrestal is accompanied by Admiral Towers across the tarmac to a waiting car. He stops briefly to converse with Vice Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner, before he and Admiral Towers enter the car.

Date: 1945, March
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059734
Officers and men of the USS Catfish (SS-339) receive their Submarine Warfare Insignia, near end of World War II

The officers and men of the U.S. Navy submarine USS Catfish (SS-339) receive Submarine Warfare Insignia pins during final days of World War 2. An officer pins the "Dolphins" on the officers while the crew stand in formation on the deck of the submarine. The officer then presents badges to each of the men and shakes hands with them. After the ceremony concludes, a Chief Petty Officer displays his Submarine Warfare Badge.

Date: 1945, August
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059778
Tennis champion, Bobbie Riggs, demonstrates, to a sailor, the correct way to hold a tennis racquet

Demonstration of how to grip a tennis racquet, on tennis court of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, in Waikiki, Hawaii. Tennis champion, Bobby Riggs,demonstrates the way to grip the tennis racket. A sailor watches and listens to his instructions. ( Note: Bobbie Riggs won the Wimbledon singles, doubles and mixed doubles championship in 1939.)

Date: 1945, August 29
Duration: 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059779