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U.S. President Truman and party return from the Potsdam Conference aboard the USS Augusta

President Truman and members of his party gathering informally aboard the U. S. S. Augusta as the ship entered Chesapeake Bay, returning President Truman from the Potsdam Conference in Germany. Camera pans from right to left, over the group,assembled on deck, under one of shrouded triple 8 in (203 mm)/55 caliber guns of the Augusta. Fleet Admiral William Daniel Leahy stands to the left of President Truman. To the President's right, are Secretary of State, James Byrnes, Press Secretary, Charles Ross, and Naval Aide Captain James K. Vardaman. Next, as the Aurusta enters Hampton Roads, she passes close to a Brooklyn Class Light Cruiser, with her ship's company standing at attention on deck in dress whites. Closeup of the ship and crew as the Augusta passes to starboard. Wide view of Hampton Roads in the vicinity of the Naval Operating Base (Norfolk). A commercial ferry boat, spewing heavy black smoke from her stack, passes close to port. A barge decked out in patriotic bunting is seen as the Augusta approaches her berth. Glimpse of welcoming officers as the Augusta moves into position, docking, at Newport News, Virginia. Ship's mascot,dog, Scottie, standing on deck next to a sailor handling a line.

Location: Virginia United States USA
Date: 1945, August 7
Duration: 1 min 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036321
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.

Location: United States USA
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.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1969
Duration: 3 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023014
Various Buildings, Monuments and Landmarks of United States.

Views of various projects depicting man's creative engineering skills across the United States, including: The Indian Serpent Mounts, Ohio; Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Headquarters, Connecticut; Mackinac Bridge, Michigan; Green Bank Radio Astronomy Antenna, West Virginia; Tanker "Manhattan" in the Northwest Passage; Chicago's Marina Towers, Illinois; NASA launch complex 39 in Cape Canaveral, Florida with a rocket in place; Watts tower, California; John Hancock Building, Illinois; Washington Monument; Dworshak Dam while under construction, Idaho; Newport Bridge, Rhode Island; U.S. Steel building, Pennsylvania; Mt. Glory Arch Bridge under construction in Wyoming; Johnson Wax Headquarters building, Wisconsin; Boeing 747 Factory Building Complex, Seattle Washington; A model of the proposed New Orleans Super Dome in Louisiana; Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel; Dulles International Airport, Virginia; Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, Minnesota; Westinghouse Headquarters building, Pennsylvania; Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, New Mexico; Gulf Life Tower, Florida; Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, Wisconsin; a paddle style River boat on the Ohio River; an artist depiction of the under construction Mobile River Highway Tunnel, Alabama; the Westinghouse Desalinization Plant, Florida; Model of master plan for the city of Gary, Indiana; Gulf Oil's "Big Brutus" crane at work on a dig site (The 160-foot tall coal shovel known as the 1850-B was designed and built by Bucyrus-Erie in Hallowell Kansas, for the Pittsburg & Midway, or P&M Coal Mining Company. It is the only one of its kind ever built. The mining company was purchased by Gulf Oil in 1963, and subsequently went under The Chevron Mining umbrella); Knights of Columbus headquarters building, Connecticut.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1970
Duration: 2 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023512
Aerial view of the houses submerged in water and flooded area due to spring floods in Montgomery, Alabama.

Spring floods in Montgomery, Alabama. Chesapeake Bay area during spring flood. Aeriel view of a bridge and the flooded area. A train moves slowly just above the tracks. Aerial view of the houses submerged in water and the flooded area.

Location: Montgomery Alabama USA
Date: 1937
Duration: 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069577
Bombs dropped on German Battleship Ostfriesland cause it to roll over and sink

Group of men standing across the street from the U.S. Capitol building in Washington DC. Two hold newspapers reporting about General Billy Mitchell and airpower controversy. View from an airborne bomber,as four bombs fall and explode in the water at the port side of the German battleship Ostfriesland, causing it to roll over and sink..

Location: Chesapeake Bay Maryland USA
Date: 1921, July 21
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033221
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