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U.S. Navy ship accepts refugees from a European Country, possibly Germany

A U.S. Navy lifeboat flying the American flag and manned by sailors is seen carrying about a dozen American and/or European civilians at high speed through the water. Closeup of civilians sitting on the floor of a another boat amidst pieces of luggage and other items. Sailors with them hold onto cargo to steady themselves as the boat rocks about. Civilians are assisted by sailors as they come aboard the Navy ship, from the smaller boats. They are greeted by Ship's officers. Some women board, followed by a man who hands a little girl to a sailor who brings her on deck, where she joins another little girl, similarly dressed in the company of an older woman. Glimpse of civilians on deck, including some gathered around the chlldren. A well-dressed, distinguished looking older man converses with a woman. Those on board watch for others who may be boarding. A view from the ship of a boat filled with luggage as it arrives beside the ship. As sailors maneuver the boat alongside the ship, an old and infirm woman with her companion is also seen on the boat. Closeup of an officer and as many as 10 sailors assisting the old woman. As they raise her to bring her on board, it is seen that she is in a chair (possibly a wheel chair). For the first time the background is seen in some of these scenes, showing a hilly shore not far from the ship, with a fortress or similar structure at its peak. Next, sailors are seem stacking luggage on the deck. Another boat arrives at the ship and a large crate is hauled from it and wrestled aboard by sailors. Another boat of passengers arrives and sailors help men and women from it to board. View of deck where a 4-inch / 50 caliber Mark 9 deck gun covered in canvas is at the center of the aft deck. Passengers and sailors walk around it. Elsewhere, on deck, a large group of sailors (or Marines) dressed in Khaki work uniforms are donning backpacks and equipment, with the help of other sailors.Sailors, in whites, are also being so equipped. Some civilian passengers have now found places to sit, some on chairs, and others on luggage or convenient spots on deck. A sailor distributes sandwiches to the civilians, who are seen eating them. An official Kriegsmarine launch (probably from a German vessel) approaches the American Naval ship.. Launch ship from Germany is filled with officers and sailors and displays the German Swastika flag. A U.S.Coast Guard Captain converses with a Navy Lieutenant on deck. Sailors in a boat approach a local person,wearing a beret, in a small boat, and purchase several bottles of wine, in a basket, from him.

Date: 1936
Duration: 2 min 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063410
Commissioning Ceremony for the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, USS Nautilus (SSN-571)

Film opens with brief glimpse of Commmander Eugene P. Wilkinson, USN, Captain of the USS Nautilus, as he walks on a dock at the Electric Boat yard, Groton, Connecticut. He crosses a gangplank to the submarine. Next, Admiral Jerauld Wright, Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, is seen walking along the dock at the head of a loose formation of officers and sailors. Beside him is John Jay Hopkins, founder and president of General Dynamics Corporation. As they walk close by the camera, and turn, Admiral Donald B. Duncan, Vice Chief of Naval Operations, is seen immediately behind them. Scene shifts to deck of the Nautilus, where Commander Wilkinson is standing at a podium with senior officers and Mr. Hopkins behind him. They all salute as several sailors prepare to raise an American flag (not yet seen) on a mast attached to the Nautilus Sail. Two men are seen from the back of a high platform forward of the submarine, as they look down over a railing at persons assembled on the Nautilus deck. More views, from various vantage points, of the Nautilus crew members on deck and of the relatives, friends and spectators on the dock. A large number of families and others, many seated on chairs set out for the occasion. They mingle and socialize. Sailors have not yet been dismissed and remain in a tight formation on the deck of the Nautilus.

Date: 1954, September 30
Duration: 1 min 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063493
French civilians walk and German army vehicles on roads of German-occupied Paris, France during World War II.

Scenes of French civilians and German army vehicles on street in Paris, France during the Nazi occupation. The French, American and the United Kingdom flags flutter from a pole high over a building. French civilians read notices and walk in a street. Men ride bicycles. A board on a building reads 'Deutsches Soldatenkino' meaning "German Soldier's Cinema". The German flags on a building. Army trucks drive past on a road.

Date: 1942, September
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063537
With a brush between her teeth Miss Georgia Wilkinson paints a picture of a woman in Hot Springs, Arkanas.

Miss Georgia Wilkinson paints pictures in Hot Springs, Arkansas. With a brush between her teeth Miss Georgia Wilkinson paints a picture of a woman. The woman seated in front of Miss Georgia Wilkinson. Deprived of the use of her hands since childhood she has drawn high praise from noted artists who have viewed her work.

Date: 1934, September 13
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061009
Japanese policemen march along the Imperial Palace grounds in Tokyo, Japan.

Many open automobiles carry high ranking Japanese officials, along a road in the Imperial Palace park in Tokyo, Japan. The cars drive past lined up Japanese policemen. The policemen assemble into formations on the park grounds. Some of them jog into position. They carry ceremonial swords. They parade en masse in the park grounds. Mounted policemen also parade beside them. Policemen stand at ease in the ranks.

Date: 1939
Duration: 3 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675061032
USS Tennessee sails under Brooklyn Bridge in June 1920. Also seen: December 1918 Naval Review and Presidential Yacht, Mayflower

U.S. battleship, USS Tennessee, sails up East River to Brooklyn Naval Yard. Next scene shows her heading back out to sea for maneuvers with a fleet in the Atlantic Ocean. in both, the Tennessee sails under the Brooklyn Bridge. Woolworth Building in Manhattan visible. A tugboat follows.View,upward, to roadbed of the Brooklyn Bridge, from vessel passing underneath. Crew members aboard the ship look at the skyline of New York City. A large boat filled with sightseers passes on the river. A group of U.S. Navy officers poses near a gun turret of the ship. A group of sailors sits under a three-gun turret aboard the ship. Commercial vessels moving in the river. Sailors at railing, look at skyline of Manhattan, New York City, as the ship passes on the East River. Ferry boats pass. View of the Statue of Liberty, in mist, framed above, by three of the Ship's 14 inch guns. Two Admirals and the USS Tennessee's officers, pose on deck, under two turrets with three 14 inch guns, in each. Sailors of the crew pose on deck of the battleship. A different time: December 25, 1918, Crewman in foul weather gear stands at railing of official Photographers boat, with battleships in background, during the great Naval review. A motor launch flying a two-star admiral's ensign, passes at high speed, with the Presidential Yacht, Mayflower, in background. The launch circles and reverses course.

Date: 1920, June
Duration: 3 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675061038