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U.S. Navy launches three Navy Curtiss flying boats on expedition to cross the Atlantic Ocean

On May 8, 1919 three Navy-Curtiss three-engine flying boats, the NC-1 commanded by Patrick N.L. Bellinger, the NC-3 commanded by John H. Towers and NC-4 commanded by Albert C. Read, take off from the Rockaway Beach Naval Air Station on first leg of transatlantic flight. Aircraft are readied for flight. Sailors hand supplies to crewman on NC-4. Sailors scramble all over NC-3 handling last minute preparations. Naval Commander John H. Towers, in charge of the expedition, poses for a picture. NC-1 in the water with line to a ship. Officers on board ship release weather balloon. NC-3 taxis out in the water and accelerates for takeoff, followed by NC-4, later seen airborne. NC-1 taxis out and is seen airborne. Views of the NC flying boats aloft.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1919, May 8
Duration: 1 min 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074472
Big television towers atop skyscrapers and small antennas atop houses and other buildings in the United States.

A documentary titled: 'NYU Television Workshops' on the growth of television industry in the United States. Skyscrapers in the United States. Big television towers on the skyscrapers, including the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building. View inside transmitting tower . Exterior of a house. Small television antenna atop the house. Apartment building with cars at street level cuts to view of television antennas on top of apartment building. Children playing in front of a mobile home at an RV / mobile home community.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1950
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076545
Queen Frederika of Greece and daughter, Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark, visit to the United States.

Queen Frederika of Greece visits the United States with daughter, Princess Irene. Onboard the S.S. United States, seven-year-old Chrysa Nichols of the Greek American Institute gives roses and a kiss to Queen Frederika. The Queen and her party pose for cameramen operating motion picture cameras. Queen Frederika attends the reception celebrating Barnard College’s 75th anniversary (after she receives an Honorary degree in Law from Columbia University). Barnard College President Dr. Rosemary Park, Queen Frederika of Greece, Princess Irene, United States Secretary of State Dean Rusk and his wife, Virginia Rusk, pose together for photographs.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1964, January 12
Duration: 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078606
Vintage views of trucks, cars, and pedestrians in the United States

A Mack tanker truck driving on a suburban street. This truck is possibly electrified by Edison batteries. Car driving past a building. Pedestrians on the sidewalk of a street in a major USA city, possibly Detroit.. A ship sailing in ocean.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1926
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080175
Various vintage EV delivery vans and trucks running on Edison Batteries (nickel-iron battery)

Animation shows the location of Edison Battery (also known as nickel-iron battery or NiFe battery) as installed in an early EV trucks. Photos of early EV trucks include a ‘Beech-nut Packing Company delivery’ battery powered electric van and a ‘National Biscuit Company’ (Nabisco) electric delivery truck. Several ‘Ward’s Tip Top Bread’ battery electric delivery vans leave a building. A ‘Sunshine Biscuits’ battery electric delivery van drives out of a warehouse. An ‘Imperial Laundry Co.’ battery electric delivery van driving on the street. A driver reverses and parks a ‘Ward Baking Co.’ vintage EV delivery van. Close up of Thomas Alva Edison's hand writing a letter about battery electric power, in which he notes that his battery promises "actual savings in practically every industry." Thomas A. Edison signs a letter while sitting at his desk and smiles. His Edison battery is on the desk before him.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1926
Duration: 2 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080180
Jim Henson and other puppeteers prepare and rehearse with ‘The Muppets’ characters

A feature on Jim Henson, creator of 'The Muppets'. The Muppets characters such as the Cookie Monster, Grover, and Herry Monster on display. Big Bird smiling. Oscar the Grouch hiding behind a tree. Cookie Monster holding an A-shaped cookie. The Muppets creator Jim Henson rehearses a Sesame Street sketch as Ernie. Another puppeteer playing as Simon Soundman rehearse alongside Jim Henson in front of a mirror. Jim Henson talks to a colleague beside a woman inside his Manhattan office. “It seems to me that it might be better to use the little guy Harvey Muskrat (sic) for that part” Jim Henson told his colleague. Puppet designers working at the Jim Henson Company studio. A female puppet designer adjusts the dress of Ma Otter from ‘Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas’. Another female designer cuts fabric from her desk. A female puppeteer moves the head of a Muppet puppet. Jim Henson performs as Emmet Otter from the Muppets movie ‘Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas’ (1977). Emmet Otter tells a joke to a woman, making her laugh. A puppet designer works to animate Ma Otter. Animatronics control Ma Otter as she uses a sewing machine. Emmet Otter rowing a boat. A puppet designer operates animatronics to make Emmet Otter move. Emmet Otter’s head moving automatically. The Howard Snake from ‘Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas’ moving his mouth. Jim Henson, producers, and puppeteers attend a script read-through. Jim Henson holding Fred Lizard. Puppeteers rehearse as the ‘Riverbottom Nightmare Band’ Muppets. Jim Henson performs as Howard Snake.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1977
Duration: 3 min 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080181
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