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President Eisenhower bids farewell to Prime Minister of Canada, Louis St. Laurent, at Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia

West Virginia State troopers hold doors as President Eisenhower and the Prime Minister of Canada, Louis St. Laurent, come out of the Greenbrier Resort at White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, United States. They are joined by U.S. Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles, and Bernard M. Shanley, aide to the President. They all laugh and smile as they pose for photographers. The Prime Minister waves at spectators, and shakes President Eisenhowers hand as they say farewell. A 1956 Fleetwood cadillac automobile is parked on the drive with flag of United States and ensign of Canada on its fenders. The car drives away with the Prime Minister and led by a West Virginia State police car.

Location: White Sulphur Springs West Virginia USA
Date: 1956, March 27
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055999
CAP cadets visit the Fort Harrison and tour the battlefield in Richmond, Virginia.

International exchange of CAP ( Civil Air Patrol ) cadets in Richmond, Virginia. Interiors of Fort Harrison as cadets look at a mock battlefield. An officer briefs the CAP cadets. A sign on mock up reads ' Fort Harrison captured September 29, 1864 by the federal 18th Corps ' .Another sign reads ' Fort Harrison confederate name , Fort Burnham Federal name'. Yet another sign reads ' Headquarters and museum, Richmond National Battlefield Park '. The cadets on a guided tour of the Fort Harrison. They come down a wooded stairway. The cadets point at a pamphlet. CAP cadets eat lunch in a picnic area while a female personnel drinks cola.

Location: Richmond Virginia USA
Date: 1953, July 30
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675042545
Men load shells and fire railway coast defense guns at Fort Story in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

United States Railway Coast Defense guns being test fired at Fort Story in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Men load shells into M1888 8-inch railway coastal artillery defense guns. Men work on the artillery guns and fire them. Guns being test fired.

Location: Virginia Beach Virginia USA
Date: 1935, July 8
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042770
West Point cadets observe field artillery exercises at Fort Eustis, Fort Monroe and Langley Field in Virginia.

Activities of West Point cadets in Virginia, United States. They are on a trip to Fort Eustis, Fort Monroe and Langley Field. They observe field artillery exercises at the places. They fire field artillery. Some of the cadets watch through binoculars. Smoke rises due to firing.

Location: Virginia United States USA
Date: 1931
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062471
Coast Artillery anti-aircraft guns fire at targets towed by aircraft over Fort Monroe, Virginia.

Opening slate reads: "New Anti-Aircraft Record Achieved by Coast Defense Aces, Ft Monroe, VA." A Curtiss O-1B two place bi-wing airplane is seen in flight. Aerial view of the Fort Monroe, Virginia, waterfront. Gun emplacements are seen. Air- to-air view of the Army airplane in flight over Fort Monroe. But this time, a target can be seen towed behind the aircraft. View of U.S. Secretary of War, Patrick J. Hurley, looking skyward, in the company of three Army officers, including Major General John W. Gulick, chief of the Coast Artillery and commander of Fort Monroe, who is standing next to the Secretary, to his right. View of gunners in a battery of 6-inch anti-aircraft guns. Batteries firing and puffs of white smoke seen aloft. Tracer bullets seen all around a towed target. Soldiers looking through an artillery range finder. A towed target floating in the air with black clouds from exploding anti-aircraft rounds nearby. Gunners firing at high rates of speed.

Location: Fort Monroe Virginia USA
Date: 1932, May 30
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035153
Former U.S. Army Lieutenants Lahm and Foulois recall their flights with Orville Wright in 1909

A film about the history of aviation in the United States. Retired Air Force Brigadier General, Frank Lahm talks about his first flight, as an Army Lieutenant, with Orville Wright on the Wright Flyer airplane, in July, 1909.Then, Retired Major GeneralBenjamin Foulois recalls how, as an Army Lieutenant, he flew the final cross-country and speed test flight from Fort Myer to Alexandria , Virginia, and back, again, with Orville Wright on 30th July, 1909. Film then shows that event, on July 30, 1909. Lt. Benjamin D. Foulois is seen climbing aboard the Wright Flyer airplane to accompany Orville Wright on the final cross-country and speed test required by the U.S. Army before it would purchase any aircraft. View of the Wright Flyer taking off with Wright and Foulois. Spectators watch in the background. View from another perspective of the aircraft taking off from Fort Myer, Virginia. View of the Wright Flyer being moved by several soldiers after landing back on the Fort Myer drill ground. (In his comments about this, Foulois notes that the flight set three world records: flying ten miles cross-country; attaining altitude of 600 feet, and speed of 42.5 miles per hour.)

Location: United States USA
Date: 1953
Duration: 1 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068446
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