A United Nations Security Council session held in Lake Success, New York during the Cold War. Representatives of different nations are seated. Britain's representative to the UN Alexander Cadogan speaks about a truce between Palestine and Britain after the formation of the state of Israel. He speaks about withdrawal of British troops from Palestine. Soviet Union's representative on the United Nations Security Council Andrei Gromyko sitting next to Cadogan.
Men from thirteen nations take part in an international naval review honoring the 350th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, Virginia. Navy personnel on deck of ships at sea. A barrage balloon in the sky. British sailors on the deck of HMS Ark Royal. Bois Belleau carrier heads six-vessel French contingent with the flag cruiser De Grasse. Holland's battle cruiser, the Seven Provinces at sea. Italian sailors aboard San Marco. U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Erwin Wilson and top Navy brass review the huge armada from the cruiser Canberra passing down the 14-mile row of warships. Carriers underway at sea.
Ship Mayflower II arrives in the United States having sailed from Plymouth, Devon, England. The British-built replica was built by shipwrights at Uphams Shipyard, Brixham, Devon, England, United Kingdom. Mayflower II underway at sea off Plymouth, Massachusetts. A U.S. Navy airship blimp floats over Mayflower II. A crowd at Plymouth Rock cheers the arrival of Mayflower II. Native American Indians cheer the ship's arrival. Captain Alan Villiers of Mayflower II arriving on shore at Plymouth Rock.
Native American Indian representatives from the Northwest coastal tribes of Washington and British Columbia gather at the Lummi Indian Reservation near Bellingham, Washington for water canoe races. Indians arrive at the Lummi Indian Reservation to participate in the canoe race. Indians rowing a long canoe holding roughly 12 people (more like a crew racing shell).
Activities of U.S. 96th Aero Squadron at the First Air Depot in Colombey-les-Belles, France during World War I. Hangars of the First Aero Depot and mechanics working on French Spad XIII biplane fighters, Spad XVI, and Sopwith 1-1/2-Strutter biplane reconnaissance aircraft parked on a ramp at a French air base. Large canvas-covered maintenance hangars in the background. Two Spad XIIIs, a Spad VII and four British Sopwith 1-1/2-Strutter biplanes parked in front of the canvas-covered hangars. Sopwith 1-1/2-Strutter in a flight line at the air base. Mechanics push a Spad VII. A group of officers get in cockpits and looks over a group of Spad XIIIs at the air base.
Sequence 1; The launching of the USS V-1 (later Barracuda SS-163) on July 17, 1924 from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine. Sequence 2; Two surrendered German U-Boats, most likely the U-117 (L) and the UB-148 (R) circa 1918/19. Sequence 3; The USS S-19 circa 1925 either looking to moor or pulling away to sea. Sequence 4; U.S. "L" class submarines ay Bantry Bay, Queenstown, Ireland circa 1918 World War 1, American submarines had to place an "A" before there name to avoid confusion with the British "L" class submarines. L to R are L-11 (bow), L-1, L-10, L-4 and L-9.
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