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British Cunard Line Ships: The Aquitania; Queen Mary; and Queen Elizabeth

Bulk carrier ship moving in harbor.Engine controls for a ship. Smoke from ship's stack. Steam from ships horn. Two tug boats pull the RMS Aquitania 4-stacker Ocean liner in harbor, during fog. Men on pier cast off lines of the RMS Queen Elizabeth, as she prepares to depart. Tug boat behind the ship. British ensign is raised. Passengers line the deck rails. The RMS Queen Elizabeth moves under her own power in foggy harbor. RMS Queen Mary moves in harbor with assistance from tug boats. People wave from lookout on pier. People wave from pier, as RMS Queen Mary passes.

Location: Atlantic Ocean
Date: 1940
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054747
Two new greyhound class destroyers named 'Edison' and 'Ericsson' christened for U.S. Navy at a dock in Kearny, New Jersey.

Two new destroyers introduced for the U.S. Navy at a dock in Kearny, New Jersey. Dignitaries including Mrs. Thomas A. Edison perform rituals during the Christening ceremony of the twin 'greyhound' class destroyers named USS Edison (DD-439) and USS Ericsson (DD-440). The destroyers slide down into the seawater one after the other. Crew members and sailors aboard the destroyer cheer and wave towards the crowd at the dock present during the ceremony.

Location: Kearny New Jersey USA
Date: 1940, November 23
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056279
Soldiers of U.S. Army 75th Coast Artillery board a ship in Seattle, to reach American forces in Alaska.

Soldiers and officers of the 75th Coast Artillery of the U.S. Army board Army Transport Ship St Miheil in Seattle, Washington. Soldiers walk on gang plank of troop transport ship carrying barracks bags. Artillery and weapons aboard the ship to bolster the outpost American forces in Alaska. The soldiers and officers on the troop ship wave hands toward girlfriends and wives standing at the dock. Women at the dock bid goodbye to the soldiers. (World War II period).

Location: Seattle Washington USA
Date: 1940, November 27
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056280
U.S. Navy officers and sailors during tests of 'PT' or 'Mosquito' boats at a naval base in New York.

U.S. Navy tests its 'PT' or the 'Mosquito' boats at a naval base in New York. U.S. navy officers and sailors at the base during the tests. The Mosquito boats ready for the test. Insignia of a mosquito on one of the boats. The boats run speedily in water up to 60 miles per hour. U.S. Navy officers in one of the boats.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1940, November 27
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056281
First ski patrol of the U.S. Army 41st Division training for war services on snowy regions of Mount Rainier in Washington.

First ski patrol of the U.S. Army 41st Division on Mount Rainier in Washington. They train for war services. Soldiers in their special dress with walking sticks and ski walk on a dense snow cover. Soldiers point their rifles out towards enemy positions. A machine gun pointing towards enemy position from a snow covered bunker. Officers observe the enemy positions using binoculars from a snow covered bunker.

Location: Mount Rainier Washington USA
Date: 1940, November 27
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056282
A merchant Louis A Cumonow donates fur coats and other articles to needy and unemployed in Kansas City, Missouri.

A merchant donates fur coats and other articles to needy and unemployed in Kansas City, Missouri. The merchant Louis A Cumonow laughs as people talk to him. A long line of needy people await their chance to receive the coats. An old man smiles as he receives the coat. Other people with donated things like mufflers and caps. The people thank merchant Cumonow.

Location: Kansas City Missouri USA
Date: 1940, November 27
Duration: 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056283
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