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A British Lion-class Battle Cruiser and other warships of the Grand Fleet on Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, in World War I

A British Lion-Class Battle Cruiser (either HMS Lion or her sister ship, HMS Princess Royal) at Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands with several utility boats along her port side. Smoke issuing from one of her stacks. Several views of her 13.5-inch forward guns in twin turrets. The guns are maneuvered in various ways. (Momentary view of a sailor straddling one of the barrels.) view from an aircraft, of the Battle Cruiser underway. Scene shifts to anchored ship with torpedo nets deployed and tended by two motor launches. (Guns are visible on the ship.) Scene shifts back to closeups of 13.5-inch guns on battle cruiser. Next, several minesweepers are seen moving in parallel courses across the water. Final scene shows what might be the USS Arkansas (BB-33) which was part of American Battleship Division Nine with the British Grand Fleet in World War 1. Other warships of the Grand Fleet in background. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Location: Orkney Islands Scotland
Date: 1918
Duration: 2 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049919
King George V decorates sailors and officers aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth at Scapa Flow, in World War I

King George V's Royal launch docks with the battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth at Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, in World War 1. The King ascends steps to the ship's deck and exchanges salutes with the Captain and officers. An Antiaircraft guns can be seen in the foreground,on deck. The King greets several other officers. Sailors march along the deck to enter a formation for the decoration ceremony. Next, a number of sailors sailors are decorated by the King, as officers, who have already been decorated, stand behind, wearing their respective awards around their necks. The king then climbs stairs to an upper deck, where he steps on a stand and addresses the ship's company, who stand in formation. Afterwards, the crew members leave the formation in single file, saluting as they pass the King on the stand. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Location: Orkney Islands Scotland
Date: 1918
Duration: 2 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049923
Airmen work on a Douglas World Cruiser and Lt. Smith superintends unpacking of a new engine in England.

U.S. Army Air Service Douglas World Cruisers (DWC) in London during their first flight around the world. In Brough, England airmen work on one of the world cruiser at a rapid pace preparing for a hop to the Orkney Islands and first lap across the Atlantic. A world cruiser maintenance man cleans the aircraft. Lieutenant Lowell H. Smith, pilot of the world cruiser, superintends unpacking of a new engine for his airplane. Several views of the engine changeover. The engines start. Ground crew members push pontoons. Several views of the replacing of wheels on pontoons.

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1924
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071964
81st "Wildcat" Infantry Division troops participate in a "dry run" at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands (WW2)

United States soldiers perform a dry run of the Angaur landing in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Animated map shows the Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal, New Guinea and Palau Islands. An anchor being dropped from ship. Landing craft sailing to the coast during a dry run of Angaur landing in Guadalcanal. United States 81st ("Wildcat") Infantry Division troops on LVT-4 and LVT(A)-2 Water Buffalo (Landing Vehicles, Tracked) drive onto beach. Soldiers rush to the beach after the Higgins boat door opens. Troops landing on Guadalcanal beach. Soldiers advance through jungle. Soldiers firing with M 1917 machine guns and bazookas. Soldier wearing flame thrower tanks on his back. A soldier digging in. Soldier aiming his rifle. Ships sailing after dry run exercise in Guadalcanal. Soldiers leaning over side of ship watch the ship wake.

Location: Guadalcanal Solomon Islands
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080158
Men and women aboard the trim steamer ship SS Potlatch in Hood Canal region near Puget Sound of Washington state, United States

Various landmarks in Hood Canal region in Washington, United States. Women on deck of the trim steamer ship S.S. Potlatch (active 1912-1917; scrapped 1937). View from ship of wooded shoreline areas in Hood Canal. Men and women aboard the ferry ship. Homes, dock areas are seen. Wooded shoreline in the background. Snow covered mountains of the Olympic Peninsula in the background, including Mount Olympus. A row boat approaches the ship. Views from ship as it heads northward through the Puget Sound to the San Juan Islands. Close views of the San Juan Islands shorelines seen from the moving S.S. Potlatch.

Location: Washington State United States USA
Date: 1917
Duration: 2 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675042498
Charles Lindbergh takes off from Roosevelt Field for his famous solo flight from New York to Paris.

People gathered early on a misty morning at Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York, to watch as Charles Lindbergh attempts to make a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean in his airplane, The Spirit of St. Louis. The plane starts its takeoff role between groups of spectators, raising dust. The spectators move to get a better view as the plane continues, out of sight in the fog and mist. It is not clear where the plane is, although engine sound has changed. Spectators strain to see it through the mist. Then, some cheers are raised when the crowd realizes that Lindbergh has successfully taken off in his heavily laden airplane. The opening caption refers to Curtiss Field, where the Spirit of St. Louis was test flown and reportedly maintained in Hanger 16. there, from May 12th through the 20th. However, for the Paris flight, the plane was towed a mile to Roosevelt Field where, heavily loaded with fuel, it could take advantage of the longer runway for takeoff. (Note: Both fields were originally part of the old Hempstead Plains Field renamed Hazlehurst Field when taken over by the U.S. Army in 1917. U.S. Geological survey maps of 1918 show three areas named, respectively, Hazelhurst Aviation Field No. 1; Aviation Field No. 2; and Camp Albert L. Mills, abutting it. Field No. 2 was renamed Mitchel Field on July 16, 1918. The eastern part of Field No. 1 was dedicated as Roosevelt Field, on September 24, 1918. After the war, the western part of Field No. 1 became known as Curtiss Field, associated, as it was, with the Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Company located there.)

Location: Long Island New York USA
Date: 1927, May 20
Duration: 2 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062074
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