Activities of people aboard the United States Naval Ship ( USNS ) Barrett in Staten Island, New York. Two hostesses stand. Sailors and other officers salute as Admiral Voseller comes aboard. A woman and naval officers also come aboard. White and African American U.S. Army soldiers carry their barracks bags aboard the ship.
Activities of people aboard the United States Naval Ship (USNS) Barrett in Staten Island, New York. Hostesses and members of the U.S. Armed Forces (GIs) on a pier. Civilians on the pier wave. The hostesses wave from the USNS Barrett. The name of the ship 'USNS Barrett' inscribed on a side. The ship at a dock.
The United States Naval Ship ( USNS ) Barrett in Staten Island, New York. The ship leaves a harbor. A fireboat alongside the ship. Passengers near a rail on the ship.
The history of famous airplanes. A Curtiss airplane in Long Island, New York. The aircraft is parked on an airfield. Hangars in the background. Men stand near the airplane.
Lockheed Hudson bombers sink at a pier in Staten Island, New York during World War II. Two American built Lockheed Hudson light bombers loaded on barges await shipment to England for the Royal Air Force. The bombers are damaged as the barges spring a leak and sink.
A 1946 re-enactment showing Dr. Albert Einstein's letter to U.S. President being typed on August 2, 1939, in Long Island, New York. A typist types Einstein's letter concerning atomic bomb to U.S. President Roosevelt. The letter references recent work by doctors Fermi and Szilard on producing a nuclear chain reaction, and its possible use as a weapon in an atomic bomb. He urges that the administration be watchful and ready for quick action on the subject.
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