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U.S. Army General George Marshall and British Field Marshal John Dill inspect paratroopers at Fort Bragg in North Carolina.

A film on training of U.S. paratroopers. Commander of the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment William Miles Miley discussing with an officer at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, United States. Soldiers standing in formation. A building in the background. A car arrives. U.S. Army General George Catlett Marshall and British Army Field Marshal John Dill get off the car. They inspect the troops and equipment. Equipment placed on the ground. Officers discuss. They look at equipment. A parked airplane. Paratroopers standing at attention, equipped with parachutes and other equipment. An officer inspects the equipment of the paratroopers. The paratroopers board the airplane. A man gives a signal to take off. The airplane takes off and is in flight. The paratroopers seated inside the airplane. They stand up after getting orders and get ready for jumping. They jump out of the airplane. The paratroopers descend with the help of parachutes. Officers watching the maneuvers. The paratroopers lined up for an inspection. General Marshall and other officers inspect them. (World War II period).

Location: Fort Bragg North Carolina USA
Date: 1942
Duration: 6 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076958
Canadian air cadets inspect American pursuit airplanes at Mitchel Field in Long Island, United States.

Canadian air cadets at Mitchel Field in Long Island, United States. The cadets standing at attention. Buildings in the background. Officers inspect the cadets. The cadets inspect U.S. pursuit airplanes. They stand near an aircraft. A man seated in the cockpit of an aircraft.

Location: Long Island New York USA
Date: 1941, December 22
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077055
A U.S. Navy destroyer and a cruiser are launched at Staten Island, New York, United States in World War 2.

Launching of ships at Staten Island in New York, United States. A destroyer and a cruiser being launched. The ships get underway. Women stand holding bouquets.

Location: Staten Island New York USA
Date: 1941, December 22
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077059
Firefighters extinguish blaze near wrecked airplane after it crashed at Idlewild Airport in New York, United States.

Remains of a a cargo aircraft that crashed in flames during taxi for takeoff at Idlewild Airport in New York, United States. The wrecked aircraft on the tarmac with firefighters standing nearby. The plane had nearly crashed into the Terminal building, seen in the background, but had been slowed enough to stop when it struck the tail of a nearby empty passenger airplane.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1958, November
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077062
George Edward Pendray launches The American Interplanetary Society's first liquid fueled rocket from Staten Island in New York, United States.

The American Interplanetary Society's first liquid fuel rocket is launched from Staten Island in New York, United States in 1933. George Edward Pendray of the AIS, and his associate preparing for the launch. The 7 1/2 foot rocket is placed on a stand. Other men look on. The rocket, fueled with gasoline and liquid oxygen, takes off. Its fuel tank overheats and explodes moments after takeoff and the rocket crashes to the beach below. (From a November 10, 1958 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier. The world's first successful liquid fuel rocket was launched by Robert Goddard in Auburn, Massachusetts, on 16 March 1926. This film records the first such attempt under auspices of the American Interplanetary Society, in 1933. )

Location: Staten Island New York USA
Date: 1933
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077065
Flight achievements of 1933 - Wiley Post completing solo journey around the world and Roscoe Turner speed record coast-to-coast

American aviator Wiley Post returns to Floyd Bennett Field in New York after completing his solo flight around the world in a just under 8 days. People gather in a large number to welcome him. They gather around his aircraft. Scene shifts to streets of New York City where Wiley Post is honored with a ticker tape parade for his Around The World achievement. The aviator seated aboard a jeep passing by. People celebrate and greet him. He is bestowed with the Medal of Valor by New York City Mayor John P. O'Brien. Next segment shows plane of American aviator Roscoe Turner landing, after his record-setting flight from New York to Los Angeles in 10 hours and 5 minutes flying his Wedell-Williams Model 44 (WW-44) aircraft. This won him the 1933 Bendix Trophy. Close view of Roscoe Turner smiling from the cockpit of his aircraft. From a November 10, 1958 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1933, July 22
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077066
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