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Observation aircraft in flight over Galveston, Texas.

The United States aircraft in flight over Galveston, Texas. The soldiers stand in a line. They work in camps. Observation aircraft in formation. Pilots seated in the cockpit. Planes demonstrate realistic maneuvers. The planes dive down and shoot at sleeve target. (World War II period).

Date: 1941, May 5
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053563
Activity at Galveston Harbor,Texas, Gulf of Mexico.

View of the Galveston Habor,Texas,Gulf of Mexico. African American workers carry cotton and put them onto conveyer belts to load into ships. 1935

Date: 1935
Duration: 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022207
NS Savannah completes reconditioning and departs Galveston, Texas, with new crew, on tour to new ports of call

The NS Savannah is seen at Nuclear Service facility, Galveston, Texas, for reconditioning before making new port visits. Here she is delayed several months by labor dispute involving her nuclear engineering crew. Maritime Administrator, Nicholas Johnson, poses with ship's officers from the American Export Isbrandtsen lines, who are the new operators of the Savannah. The Savannah departs on a mission involving new ports of call. U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson comments from his office regarding the mission of the NS Savannah. View of cargo being loaded aboard the Savannah. Views of a world globe. Views of the NS Savannah underway.

Date: 1964
Duration: 1 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070693
President Woodrow Wilson visits National Guard troops returned from Texas during Mexican Punitive Expedition

President Woodrow Wilson at the National Guard training grounds in Sea Girt New Jersey, to visit with troops returning from duty in Texas during the Mexican Border Campaign (aka Pancho Villa Expedition) of 1916. Brief glimpse of The President stepping from his 1916 Pierce Arrow 38-C Series 4 Brougham Limousine, parked next to a row of army tents. The car displays a unique American Eagle radiator cap ornament (and an AAA emblem on the radiator). He is surrounded by officers, who greet him. The next scene show the President and the unit's commanding Brigadier General, seated in rocking chairs in a tent. Wilson, in dress clothes, including top hat, mounts an army horse, and rides along with officers, to review the Guard troops drawn up in formation. He sits astride the horse, next to the General, and removes his hat in salute as the troops march in review.

Date: 1916
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067972
The Badgett Quadruplets celebrate their 5th birthday party with soldiers in Texas (WW2)

The Badgett quadruplets celebrate their 5th birthday. View of the Badgett family house in Galveston, Texas. The Badgett quadruplets prepare a birthday cake. Girls mixing cake batter. A girl places the bowl of batter in the oven. The Badgett quadruplets clean up the kitchen. Their mother takes out the cake from oven and candles are lit. The girls dress up for their birthday party. A girl combing in front of a mirror. One of the Badgett quadruplets apply powder on her sister. They cut the birthday cake in the party and receive birthday gifts. At a USO Army/Navy recreation center they meet and dance with enlisted men. Girls holding up war bonds. The girls are Joan (incorrectly called "Jean" by the narrator), Joyce, Jeanette, and Geraldine Badgett. Navy men and soldiers dance with the little quadruplets. The Badgett quadruplets receive World War II war bonds for their birthday.

Date: 1944, February 1
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040782
Scenes from the life of General John J Pershing during the period 1916 until after World War I.

Scenes from the life of U.S. General John J. Pershing. View of a low adobe style building backyard or courtyard area, possibly Fort Bliss near El Paso Texas. U.S. Army 8th Brigade troops under Pershing's leadership, moving out on horseback and on foot during the Mexican Punitive Expedition in search of Pancho Villa. Tanks rolling by during World War I and scenes of a military graveyard. Troops in formation marching down New York City streets on the way to war. The 1918 armistice celebrations with jubilant people celebrating. General John J Pershing presenting an award to a soldier and in conversation with the soldier. General Pershing reviews the AEF cavalry troops. General Pershing passes in an open car surrounded by a large crowd. General Pershing mounted on horse back moves by in a parade. People gathered along the roadside watch. General Pershing dressed in a suit, poses for the camera inside.

Date: 1916
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030448