Hostesses on United States Navy Ship Barrett in Staten Island, New York. U.S. Navy Chaplain Albert J. Clement looks on as the hostesses walk on a canopied gangplank aboard the ship. The hostesses wave from the deck.
Activities of people aboard the United States Naval Ship ( USNS ) Barrett in Staten Island, New York. Two hostesses stand. Sailors and other officers salute as Admiral Voseller comes aboard. A woman and naval officers also come aboard. White and African American members of the U.S. Armed Forces (GIs) carry their bags aboard.
Activities of people aboard the United States Naval Ship (USNS) Barrett in Staten Island, New York. Hostesses and members of the U.S. Armed Forces (GIs) on a pier. Civilians on the pier wave. The hostesses wave from the USNS Barrett. The name of the ship 'USNS Barrett' inscribed on a side. The ship at a dock.
The United States Naval Ship ( USNS ) Barrett in Staten Island, New York. The ship leaves a harbor. A fireboat alongside the ship. Passengers near a rail on the ship.
Launching of ships at Staten Island in New York, United States. A destroyer and a cruiser being launched. The ships get underway. Women stand holding bouquets.
The American Interplanetary Society's first liquid fuel rocket is launched from Staten Island in New York, United States in 1933. George Edward Pendray of the AIS, and his associate preparing for the launch. The 7 1/2 foot rocket is placed on a stand. Other men look on. The rocket, fueled with gasoline and liquid oxygen, takes off. Its fuel tank overheats and explodes moments after takeoff and the rocket crashes to the beach below. (From a November 10, 1958 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier. The world's first successful liquid fuel rocket was launched by Robert Goddard in Auburn, Massachusetts, on 16 March 1926. This film records the first such attempt under auspices of the American Interplanetary Society, in 1933. )
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