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A French Naval officer briefs navy men in a classroom in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

United States Navy aircraft carrier Langley (CVL-27) being activated at Philadelphia Navy shipyard in Pennsylvania prior to transfer to France. A French officer and navy men on the pier at Philadelphia Navy yard. The officer reviews the navy men lined up on the pier. The officer at a blackboard in a classroom as he briefs the navy men.

Date: 1951, March 14
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051348
The Princeton Tigers defeat the players of the University of Pennsylvania in a football game at Franklin Field, Philadelphia.

A college football game between the Princeton Tigers and the University of Pennsylvania football team at Franklin Field, Philadelphia. The game in progress. Spectators in the stands cheer for the players. The Princeton Tigers defeats the University of Pennsylvania football team by a score of 13-7.

Date: 1951, October 15
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050623
Strike of workers in a wage dispute spreads to Philadelphia's transportation system affecting half a million people.

Strike of workers in a wage dispute spreads to Philadelphia's transportation system. People walking to work in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. Transport union protesting for pay hike. Streetcars, subways and buses lie idle. 'Station Closed' sign at Philadelphia subway entrance. Huge crowd of people walking to get to work, waiting at railway station and on streets for transportation. View of empty 46th street metro rail station in Philadelphia. View of taxis on streets and a press company without workers. Buildings and shops along streets of downtown Philadelphia. A line of African American men and women hitchhiking in downtown Philadelphia to get a ride. Group of 5 people runs to catch an available Philadelphia taxicab. Scene changes to New York City where striking newspaper workers form a picket line. Empty newspaper offices are shown. Longshoreman dock workers on strike so office workers are seen hoisting a giant rope and assisting the Cunard Line Ocean liner Queen Mary (RMS Queen Mary) in docking operations at New York harbor slip covered in thin ice. Cunard Queen Mary passengers carrying their own luggage at the dock area due to the labor strike.

Date: 1963, January 17
Duration: 2 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039149
A gun mount and a gun director are removed from United States aircraft carrier Langley in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

United States Navy aircraft carrier Langley (CVL-27) being activated at Philadelphia Navy shipyard in Pennsylvania prior to transfer to France. A yard worker sprays deck plates of the carrier. The yard workers work on the deck of the carrier. A gun director being hoisted off the carrier and being placed on flat cap on the pier. Cocoons being removed from the gun mount by a crane. The gun mount being swung outboard by a large crane.

Date: 1951, March 14
Duration: 1 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051347
Chile Flag is raised to fore top of the USS Brooklyn and USS Nashville docked at Philadelphia Naval Base in Philadelphia.

Activities aboard a ship docked at Philadelphia Naval Base in Philadelphia. Ships in Reserve Fleet Basin. USS Brooklyn (CL-40) light cruiser in the foreground. Stern view of USS Brooklyn and USS Nashville (CL-43). Camera pans over ships, including the heavy cruisers USS Louisville CA 28, USS Augusta CA 31, and USS Portland CA 33, in the Philadelphia Navy Yard. United States and Chile Naval officials with State Department representatives on deck of USS Brooklyn. Navy band plays. American flag lowered and the Chilean Flag is raised aboard the USS Brooklyn. Chilean flag raised aboard the USS Nashville. United States Navy Rear Admiral Roscoe E Schuirmann hands ships papers to Chilean Ambassador Felix Nieto Del Rio. Chilean flag fly at masts of the USS Nashville and USS Brooklyn. Chilean officers inspect. Ambassador Del Rio and Vice Admiral of the Chilean Navy, Immanuel Holger come up gangway of USS Brooklyn. Rear Admiral Schuirmann greets them. Yni Louis Rivas Voisin and Yoeman Felix Labbe of the Chilean Navy raise flag aboard USS Brooklyn.

Date: 1951, January 26
Duration: 3 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072495
Cierva C30 Autogiro parked at airfield. Autogiro lands on roof of new Post Office Building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Cierva C30 Autogiro (G-ACIO) built by British A.V. Roe & Co. is seen parked at Air Park, London, England. Several views of the autogiro. Scene shifts to aerial view of the new Federal Post Office building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. A Kellett autogiro lands on the building roof, on May 25, 1935,as part of dedication ceremonies,for the new Post Office building. Officials stand on the rooftop watching the landing. The pilot delivers a mail pouch to James A. Farley, the U.S. Postmaster General, thus initiating airmail service between Camden New Jersey and Philadelphia. Aerial views of the Post Office building and surrounding downtown Philadelphia. The autogiro climbing steeply away.

Date: 1935, May 25
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072925