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Two destroyers christened at the Puget Sound Navy Yard in Bremerton, Washington.

Christening ceremony at the Puget Sound Navy Yard in Bremerton, Washington. People crowd at the Puget Sound Navy Yard in Bremerton. The Navy officers and sailors seated on chairs. A woman and two Navy officers stand on a platform. The woman christens the ships. Two women stand holding bouquets. The destroyers are lowered into the water.

Date: 1940, May 22
Duration: 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069454
Russian American aircraft designer Igor Sikorsky test flies the Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 helicopter in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Igor Sikorsky, Russian American Designer of U.S. aircraft, demonstrates a test flight of the Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 helicopter in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Igor Sikorsky seated in the cockpit of the Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 helicopter. Igor Sikorsky holds the controls in his hands. A single three-blade main rotor and a smaller anti-torque tail mounted rotor on the VS-300. People look at the VS-300 hovering in the air. The helicopter raises from the ground and hovers in the air. The helicopter descends to the ground.

Date: 1940, May 22
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069456
U.S. War Secretary Henry L Stimson speaks about the use of U.S. battleships to convoy war shipments to England, in Washington DC (WW2)

Convoy plea by U.S. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson in Washington DC during World War II. U.S. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, seated at a desk, reads from a paper. War Secretary Stimson speaks about the use of U.S. battleships to convoy war shipments to England. Secretary Stimson also says that the U.S. fleet which is the first line of defense can best defend this country by guaranteeing delivery of goods to Britain.

Date: 1941, May 8
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069458
U.S. fighter aircraft designer Igor Sikorsky sets a record for hovering in air for 1½ hours in a VS-300 in Connecticut.

Designer of U.S. fighter aircraft Igor Sikorsky sets a new record for hovering in air for 1:32 in Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 helicopter in Stratford, Connecticut. People stand around the VS-300. A three-blade rotor rotates. VS-300 raises up from the group. The VS-300 hovering in the air. The VS-300 lowers down on the ground. People cheer and wave to Sikorsky for setting a record. People stand around Igor Sikorsky. A man approaches Sikorsky to congratulate him.

Date: 1941, May 6
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069462
Miami Airlines Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando airliner crashes in New Jersey

A Miami Airlines Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando airliner crashes in Elizabeth, New Jersey. View of the wrecked Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando aircraft. People stand near the wreckage. Men take out injured and dead passengers from the wrecked aircraft. The wrecked parts of aircraft scattered in Elizabeth River. People near the accident area. A damaged house. A fire brigade drives on a road. People on a street. The C-46 wrecked parts.

Date: 1951, December 18
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069464
President Truman presents Collier Trophy to aircraft designer Sikorsky; Defense Secretary Lovett and Vice Admiral O'Neil present.

U.S. President Harry S. Truman presents Collier Trophy in Washington DC. U.S. President Harry S. Truman, fighter aircraft designer Igor Sikorsky, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Abercrombie Lovett and U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Vice Admiral Merlin O'Neil stand near the trophy. President Truman speaks to Defense Secretary Lovett. The President shakes hands with Vice Admiral O'Neil. The National Aeronautics Association Trophy. The officials stand near the trophy and pose.

Date: 1951, December 18
Duration: 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069465