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U.S.Army Air Corps activities on Army Day 1939. U.S. Army P-36 and P-26 demonstrations. Boeing 247 aircraft in operation

Army Day demonstrations at Langley Field outside Hampton Virginia: A long line of U.S. Army Air Corps P-36 aircraft of the 8th Pursuit Group with engines running. Those closest to the camera display the logo of the 36th Pursuit Squadron "Flying Fiends." View of Langley Airfield tower and terminal buildings in background. The P-36s taxi out, one-by-one, for takeoff. Tail number of the first one is: PH-80. Flight of three perform a formation takeoff. Brief instant view of foreign officers in white uniforms standing with American airmen at Langley Field main terminal. View of radial engine running on a Boeing 247 aircraft. Men in truck loading cargo and baggage through open nose hatch of Boeing 247 aircraft. Airman closes and secures the nose hatch. View inside control tower. Operator gives pilot of Boeing 247 clearance to takeoff when ready. Scene changes to new setting and terrain. A Boeing 247 on takeoff roll with snow on the ground. Formations of Boeing P-26 airplanes in flight. Explosions below them in desert as they fly overhead. Two P-26s dive and drop bombs, respectively. Smoke rises from bomb explosions.

Location: Langley Field Virginia USA
Date: 1939, April 6
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675074459
U.S. Navy launches three Navy Curtiss flying boats on expedition to cross the Atlantic Ocean

On May 8, 1919 three Navy-Curtiss three-engine flying boats, the NC-1 commanded by Patrick N.L. Bellinger, the NC-3 commanded by John H. Towers and NC-4 commanded by Albert C. Read, take off from the Rockaway Beach Naval Air Station on first leg of transatlantic flight. Aircraft are readied for flight. Sailors hand supplies to crewman on NC-4. Sailors scramble all over NC-3 handling last minute preparations. Naval Commander John H. Towers, in charge of the expedition, poses for a picture. NC-1 in the water with line to a ship. Officers on board ship release weather balloon. NC-3 taxis out in the water and accelerates for takeoff, followed by NC-4, later seen airborne. NC-1 taxis out and is seen airborne. Views of the NC flying boats aloft.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1919, May 8
Duration: 1 min 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074472
Walt Disney dictates response to his secretary about Mickey Mouse product endorsement in Hollywood, California

Founder of Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney (Walter Elias Disney) at his studio in Hollywood, California. He is 35 years old in this footage. Multiple takes of scene where Disney makes statement to his secretary in reply to a letter requesting the use of name of Mickey Mouse for a product endorsement. He dictates a letter in answer to the request.

Location: Los Angeles California USA
Date: 1937, July 12
Duration: 4 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675074476
President of Harvard University Dr. James Conant meets with Dr. Vannevar Bush regarding development of atomic bomb.

Meeting of Dr. Conant and Dr. Vannevar Bush in Harvard University regarding development of atom bomb during World War II. Entrance to Harvard University. Statue of John Harvard. Office of Dr. James Conant shows Dr. Conant talking with Dr. Vannevar Bush. Bush says he has talked with President Franklin Roosevelt about development of atomic bomb and that he has given permission to go ahead. Conant then says a real all out effort should be made with expansion, reorganization and to really get going.

Location: Cambridge Massachusetts USA
Date: 1946, July
Duration: 3 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675074479
The Longfellow Bridge crossing over the Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Longfellow Bridge crossing over the Charles River. Boat moves on water. Harvard College buildings.

Location: Cambridge Massachusetts USA
Date: 1946, July
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074480
Students and visitors look at totem poles in Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethology at Harvard University, Cambridge.

Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethology. Students walk out of the museum. Student sit and talk on steps of a building. Sign reads 'Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethology'. Interiors of the museum shows students and visitors looking at exhibit of Native American Indians and totem poles.

Location: Cambridge Massachusetts USA
Date: 1946, July
Duration: 2 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074482
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