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U.S. F8E Crusader approaches and lands on the deck of USS Hancock CV19 in the Pacific Ocean.

United States aircraft lands on USS Hancock CV19 in the Pacific Ocean during Air Strike in South Vietnam. Pilot's eye view of approach to USS Hancock CV19. U.S. F8E Crusader approaches and lands on the deck of USS Hancock CV19. Meatball is seen in the center of the Fresnel Lens System in left of the ship. Second approach is made and plane touches down and makes arrested landing. Plane taxies forward over the deck.

Date: 1966, March 30
Duration: 2 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055338
USS Lexington (CV-16) is attacked in Manila, Philippines; Pilots inspected aboard USS Ticonderoga.

A strafing attack on U.S. Navy ship USS Lexington (CV-16) by Japanese planes off the coast of Manila, Philippines during World War II. A Japanese plane in flight and flak in the sky. Plane moves towards water in a dive and hits the water with a large explosion. U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Lexington (CV-16) under Japanese air attack. A Japanese kamikaze aircraft dives and hits the aircraft carrier. Next scene shows U.S. Navy ship Captain Dixie Kiefer and Admiral A. W. Radford walk down the flight deck of USS Ticonderoga (CV-14 )and inspect pilots. Aircraft in background on the deck. Captain Kiefer and Admiral Radford on the bridge.

Date: 1944, November 5
Duration: 2 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055359
Wright Brothers give first public demonstration of their Wright flyer in Le Mans, France.

Officials and interested spectators fill the stands at Hunaudieres race course, near Le Mans, France, to watch a demonstration of a Wright Flyer airplane. Wilbur Wright places a large wheel under the aircraft as he and his team prepare a Model A Wright Flyer, for movement.Horses are seen towing it across a field. A man checks the planes launching track. Closeup of men maneuvering the aircraft into position on the launching track. Next, several of them are seen pulling together on a rope to raise a heavy weight up a small tower, to provide the launching power for the airplane. Next, two men pull the propellers through to start the Flyer’s engine. A passenger is already seated as Wilbur Wright climbs aboard and puts his hands and feet on the plane’s controls. View of the launching weight dropping to the ground and causing the Flyer to accelerate along its track and take off. A group of officials, wearing white armbands, watch the takeoff and the Flyer as Wilbur Wright maneuvers it skillfully above the race track grounds. Complete change of scene shows U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt on a platform, covered with a huge American flag. He is giving a speech. Scene shifts back again to Le Mans, where the Wright Flyer is still maneuvering all about in the air, above the grounds. Scene shifts again to World War I. American volunteer flyers with the French Lafayette Escadrille are seen in flight gear, by their Spad airplanes (marked with their distinctive Indian in head dress logo). They run to their respective planes and board them. View of the Spad airplanes with engines running and then taxiing out for takeoff.

Date: 1908, August 8
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055378
Crewmen aboard USS Harnett lift up a Patrol Boat River out of water using a crane during Operation Game Warden in Vietnam.

Activities aboard USS Harnett County during Operation Game Warden in Vietnam. A hook is lowered to the PBR (Patrol Boat River) alongside. Crewmen hook up a sling to the hook to lift the boat out of the water. The PBR lifted out of the water. Crew disembarks from the PBR at a rail. A man holds onto a line leading up to a crane hook. A man gives hand signals on the deck. Port quarter of the PBR seen. The boat is lifted higher in the air. A crane operator looks towards the PBR as it swings on over the deck. A man controls the crane. Bow view of the PBR nested on the deck of USS Harnett County. A man holds on to guide lines as the boat is lowered further. The crane operator moves the control lever and the controls. The PBR in a large opening on the tank deck area of the ship. Some men in the foreground. A crane hook lifts up and out of the hold.

Date: 1967, December 9
Duration: 2 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055573
Palletized aircraft propeller is being loaded aboard C-141A Starlifter aircraft in Philippines.

Activities at NAS (Naval Air Station) Cubi Point in Philippines. A worker drives a forklift carrying the Palletized aircraft propeller on a airline. Crewmen inspects the propeller. Crewmen gives direction. The Palletized aircraft propeller is being loaded aboard C-141A Starlifter aircraft.

Date: 1979, February 9
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055615
U.S. President Dwight D Eisenhower arrives in London and being greeted by Queen Elizabeth at Balmoral Castle

United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower tours the United Kingdom. President Eisenhower gets off a United States Military Air Transport Service (MATS) aircraft at London Airport, present day London Heathrow Airport (Longford TW6, United Kingdom). Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Harold Macmillan and other officers receives Eisenhower at the airport. A large crowd of British civilians waves at the President. Honor guards lined. President tours the city in a motorcade. Civilians stand on either side of the streets to greet him. View of Balmoral Castle (Balmoral Estates, Ballater AB35 5TB, UK). Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret receives President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Macmillan.

Date: 1959, August 31
Duration: 2 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055673