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The Army Air Corps Alaska Flight support ship, "El Aquario," underway in the Gulf of Alaska

Views from the deck of the Army Air Corps Alaska Flight support ship, "El Aquario," as she makes way close to shore in the Gulf of Alaska. Snow covered mountains dominate the landscape. Bow waves break as the ship heads into less protected waters. She beins to roll in white-capped seas and then pitches and rolls with water breaking over her bow, in heavy seas.

Location: Alaska USA
Date: 1934
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064904
Icebreaker, USS Burton Island stops at Kodiak island to load equipment and then proceeds on mission towards King Island, Alaska

The icebreaker, USS Burton Island (AGB-1) en route to King Island in Alaska as a part of U.S. Navy annual winter ice reconnaissance mission. USS Burton Island stops at Womans Bay, Kodiak Island. Naval air station at the island. An aircraft pulls up into the hangar. Residential area in Kodiak. Snow covered mountains. The U.S. troop transport submarine, USS Perch (SSP-313) moves slowly on the surface, past the camera. The USS Perch crew lines her afterdeck. Notable on the USS Perch, is a large rounded watertight container for storing amphibious landing equipment. A helicopter being loaded aboard USS Burton Island. Crew fastens the helicopter securely in anticipation of rough seas through which she is later seen making way. Views of crew members removing rime ice from the deck, superstructure, and turret of a 5 inch gun. Small slabs of sea ice termed, "lilly pads," floating in the water. Rime Ice covering the railings of the USS Burton Island.

Location: Gulf of Alaska USA
Date: 1952
Duration: 1 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077433
Oil spill from Exxon Valdez; U.S. Coast Guard tracks oil spill in the surrounding regions of Alaska, United States

Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound in Valdez, Alaska. Tug boats tow the Exxon Valdez to another island. Oil layer over water. The oil spread over water in the Kenai Peninsula. Oil spreads over water in the Gulf of Alaska. United States Coast Guard aircraft Dassault Falcon 20 in flight. Screen shows the tracking of oil spread. Pilot and copilot at controls. Men disembark aircraft. Ships loaded with man and equipment in the Prince William Sound. Men in the control room at work. Vice Admiral of U.S. Coast Guard Clyde E Robbins with other officers.

Location: Alaska USA
Date: 1989
Duration: 1 min 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067945
Devastation in Elizabeth, New Jersey residential neighborhood after American Airlines plane crash; also mid-air explosion of plane at British air show.

Major catastophe events of the year 1952. Views of destruction on the ground in Elizabeth, New Jersey, after American Airlines flight 6780, a Convair 240, crashed into a house at Williamson and South Streets on January 22, 1952. Burned wreckage and devastation seen at the crash site in Elizabeth following the crash and subsequent explosions damaging or destroying multipole houses in the 600 block of Williamson Street. In the first few seconds of the clip, the Battin High School for Girls is seen in the background. The school was adjacent to the crash but not hit. Narrator also describes the crash of an Army transport plane in California which killed 86 soldiers, but no images of that crash are shown. Next scenes shift to England, on September 6, 1952, as a de Havilland DH.110 jet aircraft, piloted by John Derry, explodes in midair after achieving Mach 1 and then beginning a left bank and climb at 450 knots during the 1952 Farnborough Airshow. Spectators at the British air show are seen on the ground in the area below the explosion and where debris rained down on the crowd causing deaths and injuries. Engines from the blown-up DH.110 plane (prototype, ID WG236) are seen hurtling through the sky toward Observation Hill immediately after the mid-air explosion. Scenes show crowd working to tend to the wounded and shocked families and children crying.

Location: Elizabeth New Jersey USA
Date: 1952, January 23
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049157
Support facilities for crew's health and welfare aboard the icebreaker USS Burton Island

Views of facilities aboard the icebreaker, UsS Burton Island (AGB-1) devoted to health and welfare of her crew. extra roomy bunks for the crew; Sailors making use of the ample sink and shower facilities. A sailor shaving. Crew members lining up to eat in the ship's dining facility. The ship's dentist taking a bite wing X-ray of a sailor's teeth; a sailor having blood pressure checked; and a pharmicist preparing a prescription, in the ship's well equipped medical facility. Corpsman placing instruments into an autoclave for sterilization. Physician using portable X-ray machine to examine sailor's injury. Sailors at work in the ship's laundry, equipped with automatic washer and semiautomatic pressing machine. Sailors making personal purchases in the ship's store.

Location: Gulf of Alaska USA
Date: 1952
Duration: 2 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077434
President Harry S Truman presents Medal of Honor to First Lieutenant Lloyd Burke, USA, Corporal Rodolfo Hernandez, and USA Technical Sergeant Harold E. Wilson, USMC

April 11, 1952 First Lieutenant Lloyd Burke, USA, Corporal Rodolfo Hernandez, USA Technical Sergeant Harold E. Wilson, USMC Scene is the portico of the White House, by the Rose Garden, in Washington, DC. President Harry S. Truman is placing the Medal of Honor, around the neck of First Lieutenant Lloyd Burke, U.S. Army. Members of his family stand behind, along with General Omar Bradley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Closeup of photographers taking pictures. Next, the President presents the Medal of Honor to Corporal Rodolfo Hernandez, U.S. Army as a relative watches. Finally, the last recipient, Technical Sergeant Harold E. Wilson, U.S. Marine Corps, receives his medal from the President, as family members stand nearby . Closeup of President Truman shaking hands at once with the three honorees at the same time. All of them smile. View from several feet away, as the President, flanked by the medal recipients, makes a few remarks from a podium. A group of cinematographers takes motion pictures. Closeup of the Presidential Seal on the podium. Closeup of Lieutenant Burke. Closeup of Corporal Hernandez. Closeup of Sergeant Wilson. Closeup of the Medal of Honor worn by Corporal Hernandez.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1952, April 11
Duration: 2 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072673
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