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Patuxent River Maryland USA 1948 stock footage and images
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Pilot Donald H Lilienthal with a copilot on the controls and an aircraft lands at a U.S. naval station in Maryland.
A U.S. Navy Lockheed P-3C Orion aircraft lands on U.S. Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland, United States during a long range navigational test. The earth in red horizon as the sun comes up. Commander Donald H. Lilienthal at the controls relaxes with a cigarette. The copilot in position.A heavy cloud layer. An opening in the clouds and ground seen. A crew man hands the pilot a cup of coffee. A runway underneath the aircraft as it touches the ground. A building at U.S. Naval Air Station Patuxent River. A firehouse and a control tower. The aircraft taxis to a parking area. People walk over to the parking area to welcome the crew.
Flight testing of Jet Fighter aircraft Chance Vought XF7U-1 built for the U.S. Navy.
Views of the Chance Vought swept-back jet fighter XF7U-1 (#122472) on runway of Patuxent Naval Air Station ready to take off. View of U.S. test pilot (possibly Robert Baker?) adjusting helmet. The aircraft takes off at a high speed. Photographers recording action as the aircraft goes aloft for a test flight.
Frank Knox arrives at Patuxent River; assorted other scenes of Japanese military leaders and allied military leaders
A government official arrives by a plane and greeted by military officer during World War 2. Next scene is unrelated and shows Japanese General Hideki Tojo and an aide seated at a ceremony, with Imperial Japanese navy pilots seated behind and others including civilians in the audience. Next scene shows officers of Navy of Imperial Japan in conference as they examine a map on a ship deck. Scene shifts to another greeting of unnamed Allied officials meeting and greeting at an airstrip. Next scene shows a Pacific Island battlefield with both dead troops on beach area and live American troops walking nearby. Next scenes shows U.S. Secretary of Navy, Frank Knox, as he arrives at Patuxent River Naval Air Station in a plane. Frank Knox and other officials leave. Various views of radio towers are seen in between scenes in the clip.
World War II. USAAF P-61 'Black Widow' night fighters in Europe. U.S. Navy testing of JATO on several aircraft in the USA
A short U.S. Army feature entitled,"Black Widow" AND "Jato." Introduction is overlayed on map of Europe. Opening sequence features P-61 Black Widows of the 422nd Night Fighter Squadron, stationed at Florennes/Juzaine (A-78), Belgium, during World War 2, Some of the aircraft are identifiable: P-61A 42-5577 (later nicknamed "Tactless Texan") and "Wandering Wench" (P-61A 42-5590). Narrator states their mission is to intercept German "flying bombs." Mixed footage of P-61s at various places and times, includes some with D-Day invasion stripes. Separate JATO-related footage features USN personnel fitting jet-assisted takeoff bottles on a Grumman F6F-3, possibly at NAS Patuxent River facility, Maryland. Later sequences show a JATO takeoffs by a Douglas SBD, and an F6F-3; and normal takeoff by a Grumman TBF, and a JATO takeoff by a Grumman F4F.
Flooding in Williamsport, Maryland; Point Of Rocks, Maryland; and Washington DC from great Potomac River flood of 1936
Damage caused due to flooding of Potomac River near Williamsport, Maryland. Houses and buildings submerged in water. Destroyed buildings. Remains of a segment of a trestle bridge across the Potomac River at Point Of Rocks Maryland, with flood waters all around. Ticker tape warning of the flood is shown running throw a persons hands. Warnings issued by the weather bureau for the people. Members of the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) and others build a sandbag barrier to protect Federal buildings against the impending flood. View of the sandbags being put in place and the Washington Monument in the background. View of high flood waters at Great Falls and along other spots on the Potomac River carrying debris including houses and sheds. A trestle bridge over the water. Several people standing on the bridge as flood waters rip a support from the bridge and water is nearly overtaking the bridge. View on March 19 near the time the water crested at 19 and eight tenths feet at the site of the old Aqueduct Bridge or Aquaduct Bridge (near Key Bridge and Fletchers Boathouse) Industrial buildings flooded on the shores of the Potomac River. (Great Depression period)
Residential apartment developments east of Pennsylvania Avenue and near Oxon Hill and other areas outside Washington DC
1940s views of new housing units in the form of residential apartment buildings east of Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. Apartments with parking garages under them across the South Capitol street bridge near the Oxon Hill area. A 1940s sedan car pulls into a parking garage under an apartment building. Next view is out Maryland Avenue and over Bladensburg Avenue to the northeast, showing apartments and other buildings in the Greenbelt area. Car traffic is seen driving through the University of Maryland campus. Apartment construction underway in areas near the University of Maryland. Construction of Colonial Village, with aerial and ground level views of the site. Traffic driving along the Mount Vernon Highway with the Potomac River beside it (later George Washington Parkway). Apartment building construction in Alexandria. Busy traffic scene of commuters arriving in Washington DC on a work day. People get on and off trolley car lines in Washington, D.C. Other commuters wait to board a bus. Late 1940s automobile traffic on street in Washington, D.C.
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