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Charleston South Carolina USA 1939 stock footage and images

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Views in Historic District of Charleston, South Carolina, United States.

Scenes in historic district of Charleston, South Carolina. Two women enter a building. View of a church. Pedestrian and automobile traffic on street. Iron gate reads 'R.G. Rhett No 147', identifying the home of R. Goodwin Rhett, who held important commercial and political positions, including: President of the People's National Bank; Mayor of Charleston; and President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Two women exit through the iron gate at Rhett's home. A man is seen sitting and walking in the gardens around a house. He enters the house. Old-fashioned, leafy narrow street with two story houses. Cars in front of the houses.

Date: 1936
Duration: 1 min 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032240
Historic District, Charleston, South Carolina. People on benches and strolling about the Battery.

Scenes in Historic District of Charleston, South Carolina. People on benches in the Battery park. Pedestrian traffic and automobile traffic on the promenade by sea. Palm trees and cannons displayed. Children on swings. Front of a mansion. Two ladies enter the mansion. Statue on promenade to confederate defenders of Charleston. More mansions and imposing buildings. View of a church.

Date: 1936
Duration: 2 min 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032241
U.S. President Dwight D Eisenhower receives an honorary degree from General Mark Clark in Charleston South Carolina.

U.S. President Dwight D Eisenhower in Charleston, South Carolina. The cadets of the military academy salute the President. Dignitaries and people crowd on the road. President receives an honorary degree from General Mark Clark, President of South Carolina Military College. Cadets march with rifles on their shoulders. President Eisenhower and the General salute.

Date: 1955
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033802
High-ranking Naval officers of the Americas visit the U.S. Naval Base, Charleston, South Carolina, on a good will tour.

Film opens showing the unsual sight of two United Airlines commercial DC-3 aircraft flying in formation as they approach Charleston Naval Base, South Carolina. View inside one of the airplanes shows high-ranking naval officers in mufti (civilian clothes) from various South American countries seated inside. Flags of their respective nations are displayed above their seats. Seen are flags of Venezuela; Chile; Mexico; Cuba; and others. Closeup of the the representative of Venezuela as he is joined by another officer and they converse. Closeup of others conversing. View out a passenger compartment window in the aircraft, showing the second DC-3 flying nearby. Scene shifts to the cockpit, where the copilot is seen at his position. View from the ground of one DC-3 landing and taxiing in, followed by the second plane. The passengers seen leaving one of the aircraft. They line up on the ramp, and are greeted individually by U.S. Navy Rear Admiral William H. Allen, Commander of the Sixth Naval District. A U.S. Navy Captain also greets them and is seen saluting one of them. The entire group poses in front of one of the airplanes. Next, sailors at the Naval Base are seen marching on the parade grounds. Standing to the side, in uniform, are the visiting Naval officers from the Americas. Closeup of them shows Admiral Allen in the front row with an admiral from Brazil to his left.

Date: 1941, May 8
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069460
Polaris missiles and giant rockets are loaded on nuclear submarine George Washington in Charleston, South Carolina.

The Polaris missile goes on duty in Charleston, South Carolina. Polaris missiles are loaded on the nuclear submarine George Washington with cranes. Giant rockets loaded with hydrogen bomb warhead are loaded on the submarine. Operators and engineers work on board the submarine.

Date: 1960, November 19
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055688
Navy students learn about torpedoes at the United States Fleet Training Center, Charleston, South Carolina.

Training of U.S. Navy students of the United States Fleet Training Center in Charleston, South Carolina. The students work on a torpedo during the training. A Torpedo is moved along a slide by means of a cable mechanism, in the classroom. A sign reads "United States Navy Encapsulated Harpoon". Another sign boards read T/T MK65 Basic Maintenance and Loading/Handling.

Date: 1982, April 28
Duration: 2 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072349