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Coast Guard rescue personnel practice surf boat maneuvers in Muskegon

Coast Guard men practice surf boat techniques in Muskegon Harbor of Lake Michigan, Muskegon, Michigan. A man looks upward while rowing boat with others. View from inside moving surf boat as Coast Guard personnel row.

Date: 1916
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035668
Motorized life boat removed from Muskegon Station shelter by eight man crew dressed in foul weather gear

Single beach patrol walks along shoreline of Lake Michigan, near Muskegon, Michigan. Motorized life boat removed from U.S. Coast Guard Life Saving Station No 269, Muskegon, Michigan by eight man crew dressed in foul weather gear. The Coast Guardsmen launch the boat on tracks from shelter to shore. Sail hoisted in a heavy sea.

Date: 1916
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035669
Coast Guard personnel in Muskegon Michigan demonstrate use of breeches buoy to rescue sailor

Vessel in trouble is sighted and alarm bell sounded on shore of Lake Michigan near Muskegon, Michigan. Men of U.S. Coast Guard Life Saving Station No 269, Muskegon, Michigan, roll Breeches buoy equipment from the station and rush to shore to set it up. Line thrown over vessel using a Lyle Gun. Lines anchored deep in sand. Breeches buoy sent out to vessel and a sailor passenger is brought to shore. Equipment returned to shelter. A light house and beach patrol framed by a U.S. Coast Guard life preserver.

Date: 1916
Duration: 4 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035670
Large crowd gathers to watch 74th Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Track in Baltimore, Maryland.

Large crowd gathers for the running of the 74th Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Track, Baltimore Maryland, where they watch as the tree year old Citation, of Calumet Farms, ridden by Jockey Eddie Arcaro, wins the race by 51/2 lengths.

Date: 1948, May 15
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035703
Eastern Airlines DC-3 Aircraft at newly built Washington National Airport

Interior view of people strolling at main terminal building, Washington National Airport, during its first few months of operation in 1941 (built from 1940-1941, during the Great Depression). A man can also be seen on the outdoor observation deck. A plane taxis. Numerous DC-3 passenger airplane parked at airport, some being refueled. View from tarmac shows visitors lined up on outdoor observation deck. Planes go to hangar. Passengers deplane from an Eastern Airlines DC-3 with "The Great Silver Fleet" painted on its fuselage. Cars parked on circular drive in front of the terminal. Officials at Air Traffic Control tower talk on phones. View from inside the terminal showing observation deck and Eastern Airlines DC-3 outside.

Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035707
Meteorologists release a "Sonde-Track" weather balloon from the observation deck of Washington National Airport

A man holds a weather balloon containing an instrumentation package in container labeled: "Sonde-Track." (The sonde or radiosonde is a balloon-borne sounding system to measure atmosphere and winds). Three officials hold the package and show a notice on its side addressed to whomever finds the balloon. The balloon is released and floats upward.

Date: 1941
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035708