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Test flight of "airphibian": A combination airplane and automobile invented by Robert Fullton in Danbury Connecticut

A test flight of the Fulton FA-2 Airphibian roadable aircraft in Danbury Connecticut. The two-seater small aluminum coupe lands and its inventor, Robert Fulton, a descendant of steamboat inventor Robert Fulton, is seen. Fulton unscrews and removes the propeller. Then the fly hook wings, and fuselage are removed to convert the plane into a car. Fulton drives the Fulton FA-2 Airphibian on a road, passing another car.

Date: 1946, November 11
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037418
WWI Renault FT tanks tested in Bridgeport, Connecticut

Testing and demonstration of Renault FT tanks at Locomobile Automobile plant in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Three Renault tanks are tested (two without turrets). They maneuver about in a field and through mud and obstacles. Two enter a body of water. One, with a turret, manages to negotiate the water and climb out. The other, lacking a turret, must be pulled out with a tow line. One tank climbs a ramp to the top of a flat bed truck, which them pulls away. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Date: 1918
Duration: 2 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048445
Renault FT Light Tank being tested in Bridgeport, Connecticut, during World War I

Renault FT Light Tank being tested in woods at U.S. Locomobile Automobile Company Plant in Bridgeport, Connecticut, during World War 1. A driver gets into the tank and drives it through heavy underbrush and over small sapling trees in the woods. At the end of the tests, the driver exits the tank and shakes hands with a U.S. Army officer. The driver maneuvers the tank up a ramp and onto a carrier truck bed. He climbs out of the tank and closes the hatches. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Date: 1918
Duration: 3 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048446
German Commercial merchant submarine Deutschland, departing New London, Connecticut following repairs from tugboat collision

Following repairs after it rammed the tugboat T.A. Scott Jr on November 16, the German merchant submarine "Deutschland" departs New London Connecticut, carrying silver bullion, for the voyage back to Germany, on November 21, 1916. At this time, it was a North German Lloyd Shipping Company merchant submarine evading the Entente Powers naval blockade of shipping lanes.

Date: 1916, November 21
Duration: 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048732
Launching ceremony of submarine USS Sealion (SS-195) from Groton, Connecticut early in World War 2 period

Views of the stage platform for dignitaries, decorated with patriotic bunting, at Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut. Dignitaries including Mrs. Augusta K. Bloch, wife of Admiral Claude C. Bloch, being photographed and filmed. United States Navy submarine USS Sealion (SS-195) on skids just before launching. Flag on bow fluttering in wind. The submarine sliding down the ways into water.

Date: 1939, May 25
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051087
The Yale University Bulldogs beat the Princeton University Tigers by 43-22 in a football match in New Haven, Connecticut.

Yale University beats Princeton University in a football match in New Haven, Connecticut. The football match between the Yale University Bulldogs and the Princeton University Tigers. A large crowd of spectators cheer the teams. Yale player Tom Singleton sets a new record. The Bulldogs win the match over the Tigers by a score of 43-22.

Date: 1960, November 19
Duration: 1 min 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055693