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Survivors of the USS Wasp (CV-7) stand on the deck and bridge of a Destroyer ship in the Pacific Theater.

U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-7) burning in the Pacific Theater during World War 2. Survivors stand on the deck and bridge of a Destroyer ship. Several men sit on the deck. USS Wasp enveloped in smoke following torpedo attack. Surviving sailors swimming in ocean. Life boats in water.

Date: 1942, September 15
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054325
Allied fleet under French vice-Admiral Dartige du Fournet arrives at Piraeus Port of Athens, Greece.

A French pre-dreadnought Liberté class battleship is seen underway in the Piraeus harbor of Athens, Greece during World War 1. She passes another Liberté class ship. Next, both are seen from astern as they head away from the camera. They are accompanied by two small boats. The French Bouclier-class destroyer, Casque, steaming close by at high speed (the only one in that class with only 3 funnels). She appears to have "CO" stenciled on her bow. French admirals and other senior officers pose for a photograph. The Admiral with crossed legs is Vice-Admiral Louis René Charles Dartige du Fournet, Commandant of the French and British Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea. The crowded port of Piraeus. A sailor raises the tricolor flag on a French warship. A docked ship with "Seripho, Hamburg" written on her stern. She appears to be flying the French tricolor flag.

Date: 1916
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054338
Count Felix Von Luckner visits Los Angeles on "Peace Tour," in 1927

Count Felix Von Luckner visits Los Angeles, California, while on a "Peace tour," in July, 1927. He is famous for his exploits while in command of SMS Seeadler (Sea Eagle) in 1916-1917, during World War 1. He sits, posing while and artist sketches his likeness. Next, he is seen on the deck of the sailing ship, Vaterland, with his Swedish wife, Countess Ingeborg. They hold two dachshund dogs. The Count, in mufti, accompanied by Captain, Julius Lauterbach, strolls the deck of the Vaterland "inspecting" the crew. Camera shifts to closeup of the masts and rigging of the Vaterland, and then down to her hull. Von Luckner on the bridge commanding the Vaterland, which begins to move slowly. Starboard view of the Vaterland, with 4 main masts bare and only flying jib, inner jib, and Fore Topmast Staysail set. View on deck of the Vaterland, where Von Luckner, his wife, and Lauterbach watch U.S. Navy ships of the American Battle fleet, as they pass them. They pass a U.S. Dreadnought battleship. View from land as the Vaterland passes Los Angeles Harbor Light, aka Angels Gate Light, at San Pedro Breakwater in Los Angeles Harbor.

Date: 1927, July
Duration: 1 min 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054339
General Sir Ian Hamilton receives back the Scot drums for Gordon Highlanders in the European Theater.

Ceremony in Berling, Germany. British Army General Sir Ian Hamilton meets German President Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff (aka Paul von Hindenburg) and receives the the drums of Second Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, that Germans retrieved from Belgium, in World War I. President Hindenburg wears his uniform of German Marshal. General Hamilton is accompanied by Lieutenant Colonel Stanley Robert McClintock, Commanding Officer of the Second Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. German Colonel, Oskar von Hindenburg, stands with British Military Attache, Berlin, Colonel Andrew Thorne, and Lieutenant Colonel McClintock, behind the drums. General Ian Hamilton poses. Second Battalion,Gordon Highlanders, on parade in Aldershot, Hampshire, England. General Hamilton salutes as he reviews the Battalion. Lieutenant McClintock, Battalion Commander, stands at attention, behind him.

Date: 1934
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054347
Members of the Red Army lined on streets and Bolshevik demonstrations in Russia during time period of Russian Revolution.

Young Russian Communist organizer addresses a huge gathering. American journalist and socialist activist, John Reed (John Silas "Jack" Reed), is seen seated at the man's feet on an elevated stage or platform. Men riding horses, some pulling small wagons and chariots. Russian cavalry moving in formation. Open carriages, with soldiers in them, are pulled by teams of horses in a rapid gallop along a dirt road. Individual soldiers run beside them along road's edge. Mikhail Kalinin (also known as "Kalinych"), carrying a cane, reviews troops and accepts flag from them. He bows slightly to the troops. Russian cavalry crossing a pontoon bridge, and galloping past some horses being watered. Mikhail Frunze salutes while reviewing troops. A World War I, French 75 field piece fired from railroad flatcar. Explosions in the background on an open field. Smoke and dust rise up due to explosions. Russian cavalry charging across a snow-dusted field.

Date: 1918
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054355
Smoke rises up from smokestack of ships and Italian boats patrol the Austro-Hungarian Empire coast.

Italian boats patrol the Austro-Hungary coast during World War I. Ships underway in Adriatic Sea. Smoke rises up from the smokestacks of the ships. The shore batteries attack the ships. Smoke rises up due to explosions. Sailors aboard the ships. A flag raised on a ship. Sailors stand near artillery on the ships. Splashes in water during naval combat.

Date: 1916
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054362