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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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