Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in New York, United States. Spectators stand to watch the race. Horses on track. Few Spectators seated in the stand. The race starts. Women look through binoculars. A young girls looks at the race through binoculars. War Admiral wins the race despite a injury in the heel and breaks the record of Man o' War. Jockey on the horse back. Jockey being awarded the winner's trophy.
USS Constellation in New York, United States. Constellation ship on fire at the Navy yard. Smoke rises due to fire. Fire killed 50 people and caused a damage worth millions. The reconstruction of USS Constellation mightiest fighting ship in the world. The widows and relatives of the dead board the ship. Amongst the guest is astronaut Allen Shefford.
Group of U.S. Senators and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson greet U.S. President John F Kennedy in the White House, Washington DC. Also present is Sir Alec Douglas, home from the United Kingdom. The President signs the Nuclear Test Ban Agreement (treaty had been signed in Moscow by both parties on August 5, 1963). Photographers take pictures. Close ups of signed treaty.
Sailors aboard the USS Leviathan (formerly the Vaterland) in New York harbor, during World War 1, when she was serving as a troop ship. They are seen practicing emergency drills, including lowering lifeboats over the side and actually rowing them away. They also launch rubber rafts over the rails. U.S. Army soldiers from a lower deck, then descend to the rafts, using the lines from above. They are seen steping into the water-filled rafts and from there, into the lifeboats. Closeup of one soldier swimming in full uniform, with aid of floatation gear. He also relaxes in the water, suspended entirely by his life vest. View from above of a lifeboat crewed by sailors and filled with soldiers in uniform. They row away, pulling a raft, from which they help a few more soldiers into the lifeboat. Sailors row the filled lifeboats away from the ship, each towing a raft behind them. (WWI. WW1)
Camera slowly pans from bow to stern along a large troop ship in New York harbor during World War 1. U.S. Army troops and emergency lifeboats, rafts, and gear fill the upper deck of the ship. The ship is docked at one of a line of berths. As the camera covers the stern of the ship, ferry boats can be seen plying the waters, and a tug boat approaches the ship's stern. The ship is in camouflage paint. Buildings can be seen lining the waterfront across the water, in the background. (WWI. WW1)
U.S. soldiers and ship's sailors fill the upper deck of a camouflage painted troop ship leaving its berth in New York harbor, during World War 1. Tugboats back the ship stern first from her berth. Two officers stand amidship beside the ship's single funnel. The tugboat's funnel, bearing letter,"D" passes in front of the camera. Sailors in white are seen on upper decks of the ship. Brief panning view of the ship. Glimpse of the troop ship moving under her own power. (WWI. WW1)
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