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A new propeller, to change the course of the ship, is developed and tested for the U.S. Navy in Bremerton, Washington.

Testing of a new propeller in Bremerton, Washington. View of the newly developed propeller for the U.S. Navy. A professor of Washington University, the inventor of the propeller, beside the device. View of the blades of the propeller, changing the pitch of which changes the course of the ship. A landing craft on which the propeller is tested. The landing craft moving forward on the water. The professor with another man on the craft. The craft turning the direction by changing the pitch of the blades. Men beside the propeller.

Date: 1946, May 9
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069950
The Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC, United States.

Monuments in Washington DC, United States. Several ducks swimming in the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20024, United States) with the Washington Monument behind, and Capitol visible in distance. A street lighted in the night. View of the Potomac River, the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument, and the U.S. Capitol, in single view, early morning. A street in downtown Washington DC. Cars moving on a road and buildings on either side of the road. The U.S. Capitol building (First St SE, Washington, DC 20004, United States) seen in the background. The Washington Monument (2 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20024, United States) in view. Equestrian statue at George Washington, at Washington Circle in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Capitol viewed at dawn, along an empty Pennsylvania Avenue. The Washington Monument, seen from space between buildings. Equestrian statue of Civil War hero, Major General John A. Logan (Washington, DC 20005, United States), at Logan Circle, Rhode Island Avenue and 13th St. NW. The U.S. Capitol dome. View from Memorial Bridge, of Lincoln Memorial and Washington monument (in distance).

Date: 1972
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066408
Funeral services for Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington DC and at Hyde Park, New York (WW2)

Funeral procession of President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the streets of Washington DC. Horse drawn carriage with casket escorted by men on motorcycles. Crowd lined up on sidewalks. Various U.S. military units march. Funeral procession arrives at White House. Casket is carried into building. Casket is placed in East Room, lying in state. Scene change to funeral services for FDR at Hyde Park, New York. President Truman and Franklin D Roosevelt's wife among the mourners. A volley is fired over the president's grave. Symphonic music track in background is interspersed with audio quotations from Roosevelt, including, from his State of the Union on January 7, 1943: "Therefore, let us all have confidence, let us redouble our efforts. A tremendous, costly, long-enduring task in peace as well as in war is still ahead of us. But, as we face that continuing task, we may know that the state of this Nation is good--the heart of this Nation is sound--the spirit of this Nation is strong--the faith of this Nation is eternal." Also heard at the beginning of the clip is Roosevelt saying, "American fighting men looked to the statesmen of the world to finish the work of peace for which they fought and suffered. We failed them then. We cannot fail them again, and expect the world again to survive," from his address to Congress on Yalta, March 1, 1945 (World War II).

Date: 1945, April 24
Duration: 3 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051765
Dedication of Marine Corps War Memorial at Quantico Virginia, and sculptor Felix de Weldon working on sculpture for Arlington location.

The U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial original statue during its unveiling ceremony at the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia on November 10, 1951 (This is after the statue had been moved from its original Constitution Avenue location in Washington DC in 1947, and subsequently renovated under sculptor de Weldon's supervision while it was in Quantico.). A sign on the memorial reads "Uncommon valor was a common virtue, 1945." Next scenes show sculptor Felix de Weldon as he works to build the larger Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Virginia, which was dedicated in November 1954. Felix de Weldon measuring a model of the flag raising on Iwo Jima made by him. de Weldon and others on his team work to carve the large war memorial in plaster before it is cast in bronze. Views of the sculpted faces of the six Marines who raised the flag on Iwo Jima: Faces of John Bradley, Rene Gagnon, Ira Hayes, Franklin Sousley, Harlon Block and Michael Strank. Brief glimpse of the original flag raising scene on Mount Suribachi in February 1945. Next scene, circa 1954 or 1955, shows the completed Marine Corps War Memorial in bronze, in Arlington Virginia, with Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial landmarks of Washington DC in the background. Close-up views of faces of a young boy, an elderly woman, and a middle aged man who removes his hat. American flag fluttering in the breeze atop the war memorial.

Date: 1955
Duration: 5 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022004
Chinese airmen board a U.S. troop carrier aircraft at Austin, Texas

United States and Chinese airmen at Bergstrom Field, Austin, Texas July 1946. The Neo-Classical building is the Texas State Capital at Austin, Texas and Austin Texas is noted on the graduate’s diploma “Bergstrom Field, Austin, Texas”. At this time the 349th Troop Carrier Group was based at Bergstrom and assigned to the Third Air Force, Tactical Air Command as noted on the diploma. Also “Air Force Combat Units of World War II” Edited by Maurer Maurer states this unit trained Chinese crews to operate C-46 aircraft. Film is very interesting in that it visually shows the transition from “Army brown to Air Force Blue” for the C-46s still carry the I TROOP CARRIER COMMAND insigne on the nose, with was disbanded on 4 Nov 1945 but they have the new AAF wide "Buzz Numbers" for all aircraft operating solely within the continental USA, by T.O. 07-1-1 of November 1945 and the graduate’s diploma is notating the new post-war air force type command reorganization of March 1946.

Date: 1946
Duration: 1 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063424
The aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill being repaired at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, during World War II

View of the aircraft carrier, USS Bunker Hill in dry dock at Bremerton, Washington. She is being repaired after being attacked by Japanese Kamikazes during the invasion of Okinawa in World War 2, in which suffered more than 600 casualties including 346 dead and 43 missing. View of the ship's captain, George Seitz, looking over the damage to the ship. Camera shows severe damage below decks of the Bunker Hill and outside, where the flight deck is seen completely destroyed and collapsed into the ship's interior. View of a large scoreboard displaying a Japanese flag for every enemy plane downed by crew of the Bunker Hill. A sailor totals them and writes "475" on the board. Crew members are massed on shore and wave enthusiastically about returning to sea and rejoining the battle against Japan. (Note: The USS Bunker Hill repairs were not completed until after the war ended.)

Date: 1944
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027696