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U.S. aircraft carriers USS Belleau Wood and USS Bunker Hill, and battleship USS New Jersey are launched in the United States.
Launch of two aircraft carriers and a battleship in the United States during World War II. People gathered at shipyards of New York Shipbuilding Corporation for the launch of the USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24). Sponsor Mrs. Thomas Holcomb seen with U.S. Marine Corps General Thomas Holcomb. Mrs. Holcomb christens the ship as it launches. Scene shifts to Fore River Shipyard in Massachusetts and launching of the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17). The aircraft carrier slides down skids into the water. Scene shifts to Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on the same day, December 7, 1942, as the launching ceremony for the Battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62). Carolyn Edison, wife of New Jersey Governor Charles Edison is seen christening the ship and it then slides into the water. Two boats underway in the background assist with positioning the Battleship.
The Allies mount an amphibious landing in North Africa and German prisoners board ships en route to prison camps.
The Allies mount an amphibious landing in North Africa during World War 2. U.S. ships underway at sea. German forces attack the ships. View of guns firing and tracers visible in night sky during battle. Scene changes to day time and a group of German soldier and officer prisoners of war (POW), many pilots from German Luftwaffe, carry their luggage and board a ship en route to a prison camp. They climb up the ship's ladder at port. Captured shells on the ground. Destroyed German armored vehicle. A knocked out German Panzer IV tank is examined by U.S. soldiers.
Clement Attlee stands at a podium to offer good wishes to Winston Churchill on his 80th birthday in London, England.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill on his 80th birthday in London, England. Officials and dignitaries seated in Westminster Hall. A group on a stage plays music. Officials and dignitaries along with Churchill arrive in the hall and sit on the stage. People seated in the hall applaud. Clement Attlee stands at a podium and speaks into a microphone. He congratulates Churchill and wishes him many many happy returns for the day. A portrait of Winston Churchill by the artist Graham Sutherland is revealed, a gift from both Houses to the Prime Minister. The dignitaries hands over a book to the Prime Minister. Winston Churchill stands at the podium opens the book. Officials and dignitaries seated on the stage listen and react as he speaks.
1917 Enfield Rifles in final stages of production during WW I.
1917 Enfield Rifles (U. S. Rifle, Model of 1917) being manufactured in the United States at one of 3 arms plants (Winchester, Remington, or Eddystone) during World War 1 (between the Spring of 1917 and the Spring of 1919). Film shows assemblers hand fitting parts, a worker adjusting the front sight for proper "zero" in a machine vise, and "Proof" firing before final inspection and acceptance. (Note: At the peak of production, the 3 arms plants were turning out 10,000 rifles per day.)
A mock up of the National Aerospace Plane made by the engineering students in rolled out of a hangar in Virginia.
Engineering students prepare a mock up of the National Aerospace Plane in Virginia, United States Animation depicts the National Aerospace Plane (X-30 aircraft) ability to fly anywhere in the world. A group of college engineering students at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, are seen building a half scale mock up of the Aerospace Plane. Faculty advisor Walter F. O'Brien helps a student. A student makes the parts of the plane. A student makes a computer design of the plane. The students making parts of the plane. Walt O'Brien at a desk talks about the design and different aspects of the aircraft model. The students working on the half-scale model. The students work inside a hangar. A half skeleton of the plane. The student assemble the aluminum structure. The airplane is rolled out of the hangar on graduation day. People applaud and take pictures. The students receive awards and recognition for their effort. A truck carrying mock up drives on a highway road. The mock up is loaded into a USAF (United States Air Force) C-5 Galaxy. Side of the the C-5 aircraft as it takes off. The mock up arrives in Paris and is seen on display at the Paris Air Show. Visitors at the show look at the plane. A close up of the mock up. Animation depicts the National Aero-Space Plane in flight.
NCAA Track and Field events in Austin Texas, June, 1957
Gregory C. (Greg) Bell, a sophomore at Indiana University, is seen making his record-setting long jump of 26' 7", to win the national collegiate title on June 14, 1957, in Austin Texas. Bell sitting on the ground after his jump. Sequence shifts to the track where Don Bowden, of California, is running well ahead of favored Ron Delany, of Villanova, to win the 800 meter run in 1 minute and 47.2 seconds. (Note: Delany won the 1500 meter run in 4 minutes 6 and a half minutes.) The next day, on June 15, 1957, Bob Gutowski, of Occidental College,California, is seen breaking the World record in the pole vault at a height of 15 feet 9 3/4 inches. He poses momentarily afterwards.
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