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United States Navy Vice Admiral John H Towers with U.S. Captains at the U.S. Navy Department in Washington DC.

The U.S. Navy Department in Washington DC, United States. 'Secretary of the Navy' written on the door of an office. Vice Admiral John Henry Towers speaks to Captain Davison and Captain Ramsey in his office. Vice Admiral Towers explains about an aircraft with the help of a model aircraft.

Date: 1941, October
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063469
Seaplanes lined up on a shore in front of canvas hangars and U.S. sailors assemble a seaplane in the United States.

U.S. sailors assemble seaplanes in the United States. The seaplanes lined up on a shore in front of canvas hangars. A seaplane flies over a battleship and a submarine. United States sailors assemble the parts of an airplane. They put a wing into place, assemble the tail portion and place the propeller on the airplane.

Date: 1941, October
Duration: 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063470
United States Navy's dirigible Los Angeles being moored on the mast of USS Patoka in the North Atlantic Ocean.

United States Navy's dirigible Los Angeles moored to 'USS Patoka' for a test trip from Lakehurst, New Jersey to Montauk Harbor, Long Island. Dirigible Los Angeles being moored on the mast of USS Patoka in the North Atlantic Ocean. Crew members walk out of the dirigible. A United States aircraft dives.

Date: 1941, October
Duration: 1 min 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063472
U.S. Army Air Forces officers confer with General Electric executives about producing America's first turbojet airplane engine

Documentary film 'The Jet Engines' about the develpment of an American jet airplane, with help of the British who provide General Electric Company with a prototype engine developed by British RAF Group Captain Frank Whittle. A B-17 aircraft taxis and takes off from the runway. Vehicles carry U.S. Air Forces officers and civilian engineers to an airfield where a man stands with a gun next to a U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft. The visitors look at cargo containers being offloaded from the aircraft. They contain a prototype British Whittle turbojet engine. Scene shifts to meeting of executives of the General Electric Company with U.S. Army Air Forces officers. They look at schematic of the Whittle engine. GE officials commit to building an American turbojet engine to power U.S. Air Forces airplanes.

Date: 1941, October 4
Duration: 2 min 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063980
U.S. Army Air Forces officers consulting with General Electric executives about manufacture of turbojet airplane engine.

U.S. Air Force officers consulting with General Electric executives about production of an American turbojet airplane engine, a month before receiving a prototype Whittle engine from Great Britain. Workers are selected for the project. Views of the GE plant at Lynn, Massachusetts. Project manager, Donald F. Warner, is seen at the Lynn MA factory discussing modifications from the Whittle design to correct problems with impellers and other parts.Views of affected parts. Person being fingerprinted as part of security actions.

Date: 1941
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063983
German diplomats, Captain Fritz Wiedemann and Doctor Johannes Bacher arrive at La Guardia Airport in New York City.

German diplomats being expelled from the United States. They arrive at LaGuardia airport prior to their departure by ship. Seen are Captain Fritz Wiedemann, former German consul general in San Francisco, and Dr. Johannes Bacher, former German consul general in New York. The men smile and talk to the press on the airport ramp. Their baggage being unloaded from the plane.

Date: 1941, July 15
Duration: 2 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064213