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People meet their loved ones aboard ships and at a pier in Newport, Rhode Island.

Desron (Destroyer Squadron) 20 returns from Vietnam. Crewmen on the fantail of a DD as it is tied up at a shipyard in Newport, Rhode Island. A stern line seen over in the foreground. A young boy holds a sign which reads 'Welcome Home Johnny'. A port bow view shows USS Brownson (DD-868) being eased up towards the pier for tying up. A silhouetted view of crewmen up on the bow of the ship. A flag on the stern of another DD seen in the foreground. Line handlers, handling lines on the pier for the USS Brownson, in deep silhouette. A navy sentry holds onto the line keeping the crowd back. Crewmen on the fantail of the DD. A woman holding a small boy in her arms waves. A small lad holds a sign 'Welcome home Johnny'. Brow being put in place by one of the dock cranes of the DD. A large group of dependents. One of them holds a large sign reading: 'Welcome Home Don'. A mother and many other dependents wave. Three enlisted men man the rail of the DD during the tying up. Crewmen aboard a DD. One of them waves and talks to someone on the pier. Reunions take place. An officer in the foreground kisses his wife. A man recording the events with his movie camera. The dependents rush towards the brow to go aboard one of the DDs.

Date: 1967, April 25
Duration: 2 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051525
Spectators seated at a horse race event at Narragansett Park in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

35,000 racing fans seated in the spectator area for a horse race at Narragansett Park in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The crowd cheers. The race starts and horses run on the track. A horse named Howard shows amazing speed and beats Bull Lea horse.

Date: 1938, September 5
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053667
View of a whitehead torpedo being discharged from a Navy torpedo boat, "Morris", in Newport , Rhode Island

Officer and sailors on board Navy torpedo boat, "Morris", in waters of Newport, Rhode Island. Sailors on the Navy torpedo boat "Morris"place large Whitehead torpedo into launching tube on deck. They fire the torpedo and it launches into the water in a cloud of smoke and speeds away leaving a foamy wake. Sailors then rotate the torpedo tube back along the gunwale.

Date: 1900
Duration: 1 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675040572
America's cup, a yacht race, resumes after 21 years in Newport, Rhode Island.

Major sports events of the year 1958. Boats underway at sea during America's cup, a yachting event that resumes after 21 years. President Eisenhower looks at the boats through a pair of binoculars. Columbia team representing United States beats British challenger Sceptre in four races off New Port, Rhode Island.

Date: 1958, December 23
Duration: 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049197
Wedding of John Jacob Astor VI to Ellen Tuck French at the Trinity Church in Newport, Rhode Island.

Scenes from the wedding of John Jacob Astor VI to Ellen Tuck French at the Trinity Church in Newport, Rhode Island. People gather in large number at the ceremony. The married couples pose for the crowd.

Date: 1934, July 2
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029826
President John F Kennedy appoints a new Customs Collector for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at Newport in Rhode Island.

President Kennedy walks down steps from a stand during his visit to Newport in Rhode Island. He is followed by a large party of people. President converses with three small girls standing with a woman. President, Mr CORSI (Customs Collector for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts) and family gather together for a photograph. Kennedy holds rolled scroll and appoints Mr CORSI to his post. Mr CORSI's daughter. Kennedy talks with Mr CORSI. Photographers take pictures.

Date: 1961
Duration: 1 min 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030281