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Parachutist jumps from Ryan M-1 airplane. Large parachute deploys from JN4 biplane and supports it in descent

Ryan M-1 airplane aloft. A parachutist leaves the aircraft and descends with parachute fully opened. Men in an airplane cabin take pictures with motion picture camera. A huge parachute, large enough to support an airplane, deploys from a biplane, in flight. (It may have been manufactured by San Diego parachute maker, Jimmy Russell.) The parachuting airplane swings widely as it descends beneath the chute.

Location: San Diego California USA
Date: 1926, August 25
Duration: 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044876
USS Alabama is hit by bombs during demonstration by Army Air Service DH4 bomber airplanes in the Chesapeake Bay.

Bombing demonstration by U.S. Army Air Service DH4 aircraft under command of Brigadier General Billy Mitchell. The target is Battleship USS Alabama, in September, 1921 in the Chesapeake Bay, United States. Army flier is seen checking security of a bomb under wing of aircraft. USS Alabama underway in the Chesapeake Bay. Aerial views from United States Army Air Service planes in flight over the battleship. USS Alabama is hit by a bomb. Later it is hit by a phosphorus poison gas bomb. Finally it is hit by 2000 pound bombs. The USS Alabama rolls over halfway, in shallow waters.

Location: Chesapeake Bay Maryland USA
Date: 1921, September
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044883
McDonnell prototype of Banshee Navy jet fighter, XF2D-1, in flight over Missouri, January, 1947

Prototype (XF2D-1) of the U.S. Navy F2H McDonnell Banshee jet fighter plane during an introductory flight over Missouri in January, 1947. The aircraft carries the name Banshee on its forward fuselage, and identification number, etc. on its empennage.

Location: Missouri United States USA
Date: 1947
Duration: 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044922
Crowd celebrates Victory in Europe (VE Day) on Wall Street, in Manhattan, New York City, May 8, 1945

Women in a street in United States. United States miniature flag on poles. Showering of ticker tapes. Mass of women standing in a street as they cheer the end of World War 2 in Europe.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1945, May 8
Duration: 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044927
Story of the U.S. Navy Seabees (Fighting construction men). History, recruitment, training, and deployment of the Seabees.

History and story of the Seabees. Admiral Moreell, chief of the U.S. Navy's Bureau of Yards and Docks speaks in his office in Washington, DC. A view of the U.S. Capitol building through his window. He gives a brief history of the Seabees and introduces the film. Retrospective footage shows a formation of Japanese warplanes. Views of Honolulu, Hawaii, Midway, Taviti, and Wake Islands. U.S. civilian construction workers. Hickam and Wheeler fields, in Hawaii, being bombed by Japanese airplanes during attack on December 7, 1941. U.S. Navy ships in Pearl Harbor burning. U.S. casualties on stretchers. American soldiers raising the flag with fire and smoke behind them. Seebee recruitment poster. Volunteers going to enlist. Navy Seabee trainees learning military and construction skills. Practicing methods of rapid construction for combat zones. Trainees negotiating obstacle courses. Amphibious assault training. Seabee units parading in dress whites, followed by Seabees in some of their combat vehicles: DUKWs, construction graders, and bulldozers. U.S. Navy sailors loading onto railroad train cars as a newly trained battalion of Seabees leaving training camp by train. A band plays seeing them off. Seabees loading up at a port of embarkation. A troop ship seen. The troop ship moving away from the wharf, with help from tugboat. (World War II period).

Location: Davisville Rhode Island USA
Date: 1944, December
Duration: 7 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044964
Indian PM, Gandhi receives honor by city officials and addresses members of the city and Indian community in Los Angeles.

Prime Minister (PM) of India, Indira Gandhi visits United States for better understanding and friendship between the two countries . Animated map shows: Indira Gandhi and her party leaves New York and arrives in Los Angeles (LA). Exterior of Los Angeles City Hall. On 3rd August, Tuesday, she goes to the City Hall and receives honor by city officials. Cameramen record and take photos. Mayor of Los Angeles, Thomas J. "Tom" Bradley presents her a gift from the City Council. Indira Gandhi delivers a speech and says that she came to America for friendship and better understanding. City officials applaud after her speech. At Century Plaza hotel,she meets Dr. Jonas Edward Salk, the American biologist, who developed polio vaccination. Dr. John Herbert, co-chairman of Indo-US circumvent, & education & culture. She meets prominent women of LA, members of the city and members of the Indian community. She addresses in Hindi that Indians are doing well here and hope, they contribute towards the successes to India also.

Location: Los Angeles California USA
Date: 1982, August 2
Duration: 3 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045042
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