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Aviator Charles Lindbergh, returning from Europe, on USS Memphis, is welcomed in Washington, DC

'America welcomes Lindbergh' about the welcome of Charles A. Lindbergh in United States after his successful trans Atlantic flight. View of the U.S. Capitol at night. Formations of U.S. military aircraft in flight to welcome aviator Charles Lindbergh to America. View from an airplane, of the U.S. Cruiser Memphis underway in Chesapeake Bay enroute to Potomac River and Washington,DC, as a dirigible escorts it. Views from airplane flying low over the Memphis. Two biwing airplanes can be seen secured to the deck of the Memphis.

Date: 1927
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051263
Lieutenant Cyrus Bettis and Lieutenant Jimmy Doolittle win air races in 1925.

In October 1925, crowd gathered to watch the Pulitzer Trophy air races at Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York. VIPs arrive in various automobiles. Army Air Service Curtiss R3C-1 airplane is pushed onto the field. Air Service Chief, General Patrick , speaks with Lieutenant Cyrus Bettis as Lieutenant James Doolittle listens. A Navy crew works on their entry in the race, similar to the Army Air Service airplane. Navy Lieutenant Al Williams seen with a pipe upside down in his mouth. Lieutenant Bettis taxis out for takeoff in his airplane number 43. Then Navy Lt. Williams proceeds to take off in his aircraft, number 40. Lt. Bettis breaks ground and begins to fly the closed course, coming very close to the ground at times. He lands and climbs out of the cockpit, surrounded by spectators and officials who are convinced he has won, registering a speed of 249 miles per hour. Navy Lt. Williams lands shortly thereafter having averaged 242 miles per hour. He is greeted by several spectators, including a young woman. Two weeks later, the U.S. Army was represented by Lieutenant Jimmy Doolittle, who flew the Curtis R3C-1, again, but this time fitted with floats, at the Schneider Cup Seaplane Race in Baltimore, Maryland. He shakes hands with a young woman, just before the race. The Navy also entered with a similar seaplane, shown being pushed into the water. The British entry, a Glouster-Mapier IIIA is seen (replacing the Supermarine-Napier S.4, that was damaged). The Italian Macci M.33 is seen on a dock with engine running. The float planes taxi out over the Chesapeake bay waters to takeoff position. Doolittle is the first to take off and to return, logging an average speed of 232 miles per hour. He is seen smiling after the race.

Date: 1925, October
Duration: 2 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051738
Coast Guard Stations on coasts of New Jersey, Long Island, Eastern shore of Maryland, and coasts of Virginia and North Carolina

Opening scene is an animated map showing Coast Guard Stations on Long Island, New York and on New Jersey coasts. Aerial view of Coast Guard Station Number 75. Narrator says manual life boats are launched into the surf from this Station. Camera pans closeup over the station, showing its buildings. Aerial view of inlet on South shore of Long Island from which powered life boats can launch into calm waters. Aerial view of the Fire Island (Long Island) Coast Guard Station with launching runway for power boats. Ground level closeup of the Fire Island Station. A power lifeboat being launched down its runway. Water level view of the power lifeboat speeding along the inlet towards the open sea. View from a height of the path the power lifeboat will follow to the sea. Change of scene shows map of life guard stations along Eastern shore of Maryland, the coast of Virginia and area around the mouth of Chesapeake Bay, with focus on cities of Norfolk and Newport News. It also extends South to outer islands of North Carolina. Battered hulk of a ship in surf in this area.

Date: 1935
Duration: 1 min 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049570
Northeastern coast of United States serving as main source of seafood, United States.

Northeastern coast of United States as main source of seafood, United States. Fishermen row boat around Northeastern coast. Fishermen on boats. Men fishing pull in a fish. Many cod or haddock fish heaped high on a fishing boat before heading back to shore. A lobster fishing boat off the Atlantic coast. Fisherman pulls in a lobster trap and removes a lobster from it that he holds for the camera. An oyster boat operating off of the Atlantic Coast. Oyster fisherman pull in a net filled with oysters and dump it on the boat. In a canning facility, fresh oysters are placed into one gallon cans labeled "Chesapeake Bay Salt Water Oysters."

Date: 1942
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060050
U.S. Naval officers aboard USS Elizabeth C. Stanton, AP-69, during amphibious landing exercises in World War II.

Two U.S. Naval officers, aboard the USS Elizabeth C. Stanton, AP-69, in the Chesapeake Bay, observe amphibious landing exercises through binoculars. A sailor demonstrates nautical knots as officers look on. Several Landing Craft Personnel (LCP) from the Elizabeth C. Stanton practice maneuvering near the ship.

Date: 1942
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675020465
Sketches of victory of American and French forces over British and surrender of Cornwallis

Struggle for border between Canada and United States. Sketch of battle at Halifax, Nova Scotia where British strength was high. Sketches of the harbor at Halifax with British ships. Assault of British ships on American towns. French blocking the British exit from the Chesapeake Bay. Sketches of the British and French fleets battling. Surrender of Cornwallis. George Washington with victorious troops. Various cartoons of the day depicting American colonists resisting British rule. With commentary and narration by J. Frank Willis.

Date: 1969
Duration: 3 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023014