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Air Force One, carrying President John F. Kennedy and party, arrives at Naval Air Station Quonset Point, Rhode Island.

U.S. Marine Honor Guard in dress uniform stands at attention on the ramp at Naval Air Station Quonset Point, Rhode Island, anticipating the arrival of President John F. Kennedy, and his party. They decide to reposition themselves, and march, at 'trail arms,' toward the camera. Many sailors and other naval personnel and families have turned out to see the President. They are lined up behind a rope across the ramp. Some children are seated on the ground. Camera focuses on some with closeups. Several members of a greeting party stand near steps positioned for placement against Air Force One, when it arrives. Governor John A. Notte, Jr. of Rhode Island strolls across the ramp to where State Rhode Island State Trooper, Robert F. Washburn Jr.(wearing number 18 on his uniform) and others, are standing around a table holding a large silver punch bowl. Trooper Washburn holds a matching silver goblet. A phalanx of photographers stands ready for the arrival. The presidential aircraft lands (It is Douglas VC-118A, serial number 53-3240). White smoke is seen off to the side, as the United States president's arrival is greeted with cannon salute.

Location: Quonset Point Rhode Island USA
Date: 1961, September 26
Duration: 2 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030285
President Woodrow Wilson and other dignitaries draw draft slips at New York Herald's office in New York, during World War I.

U.S. President Woodrow Wilson talks at New York Herald's office in New York, United States, in World War 1. Headlines of the newspaper 'The New York Herald'. Draft slips enclosed in gelatin capsules are put into a glass bowl. Woodrow Wilson's eyes are covered with a blindfold. Wilson draws a draft number from the bowl. Other dignitaries also draw draft numbers one by one in the same fashion. The draft slips read and result declared. Man writes results on a New York Herald's Bulletin Board. People gather in large numbers to see the results. Men raise their hats and cheer after knowing the results. U.S. flags hung outside New York Herald's building. (WWI; WW1)

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1917, May
Duration: 4 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030402
Thousands of inductees march on 5th Avenue in New York City, during World War I.

Theodore Roosevelt and other dignitaries watch new inductees, in civilian clothes, march in a parade on 5th Avenue, New York City during World War 1. Thousands of inductees march from the recruit draft center carrying the U.S. flags. Men on rooftops watch the parade. U.S. flags hand from several buildings. Back at the recruiting center, new recruits, with their baggage, are escorted to curbside by an official. Several young women well-wishers speak to them. Other recruits are directed by Army soldiers, at a railroad yard, where a train waits to carry them to camp. Some passing railroad workers taunt the recruits and an Army soldier has to step in to quell the start of a fight. Another quick view of recruits leaving the center. (WWI; WW1)

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1917
Duration: 1 min 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030403
Three Russian aviators, who spanned the North Pole in a flight from Moscow to the US, receive official welcome in New York.

Soviet Fliers are greeted in New York. Men pose for a camera with three Russian aviators who spanned the North Pole in a flight from Moscow to the U.S. The three aviators. They receive official reception at the City Hall by New York Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia. A large crowd at the City Hall to welcome the three aviators.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1937, June 30
Duration: 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070575
Assorted jungle animals are touched by people as "floating zoo" arrives in New York harbor

Assorted jungle animals arrive in New York on floating zoo. A man feeds a giraffe. A zebra, a leopard, deer and a lynx are patted by people aboard a ship. (Woman seen is possibly Ruth Harkness).

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1937, June 30
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070576
German Battleship Ostfriesland is sunk by U.S. Army Air Corps bombers during test

A medium bomb (probably dropped by a U.S. Navy aircraft) is seen hitting the German Battleship Ostfriesland on July 20, 1921 in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States. A formation of U.S. Navy Curtiss F5L flying boats is seen in the air. The following day, July 21, 1921, 2000 lb. bomb is seen exploding near the Ostfriesland. The bomb is dropped by an airplane from an Air Corps unit commanded by Army Brigadier General Billy Mitchell (neither seen). Several other 2000 lb. bombs explode on and near the Ostfriesland, causing it to roll over and sink.

Location: Cape Hatteras North Carolina USA
Date: 1921, July 21
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070747
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