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George Edward Pendray launches The American Interplanetary Society's first liquid fueled rocket from Staten Island in New York, United States.

The American Interplanetary Society's first liquid fuel rocket is launched from Staten Island in New York, United States in 1933. George Edward Pendray of the AIS, and his associate preparing for the launch. The 7 1/2 foot rocket is placed on a stand. Other men look on. The rocket, fueled with gasoline and liquid oxygen, takes off. Its fuel tank overheats and explodes moments after takeoff and the rocket crashes to the beach below. (From a November 10, 1958 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier. The world's first successful liquid fuel rocket was launched by Robert Goddard in Auburn, Massachusetts, on 16 March 1926. This film records the first such attempt under auspices of the American Interplanetary Society, in 1933. )

Date: 1933
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077065
People cheer as French sailors parade in New York, United States.

French sailors and officers in the United States. French battleship Richelieu arrives in the U.S. It proceeds towards a navy yard for repairs. Men aboard the ship. An officer aboard the ship. The French flag flying atop a flag pole. French sailors parade in New York. Buildings along the sides of a street. Aerial view of the parade. People cheer. Confetti being thrown from the top of the buildings.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077077
People gather to greet cadets on board a Norwegian sailing ship as it reaches a harbor in New York, United States.

A square-rigged Norwegian sailing ship arrives in New York, United States. The ship in a harbor. Several cadets on board. A large crowd gathers at the harbor and greets the cadets. Officers shake hands.

Date: 1957, May 30
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077119
Simulation of a jet crash in a residential area during the Third Annual Fire Chief Steel Conference in Long Island, New York.

The Third Annual Fire Chief Steel Conference in Long Island, New York. Simulation of a jet crash in a residential area. Emphasis on latest methods of coping with blazing jet fuel. Heavy columns of smoke rise up from the wrecked aircraft. The firemen douse the fire with fire hoses.

Date: 1957, May 30
Duration: 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077120
Australian golfer Joseph Henry Kirkwood demonstrates his skills during an on-stage stunt at a golf show in New York, United States.

Australian golfer Joseph Henry Kirkwood in a golf show in New York, United States. Kirkwood demonstrates his skills on a stage. He hits a ball with a club. A girl lying on the stage. A ball is placed in the heels of her shoe. A man dressed somewhat like a clown sits with golf balls on different parts of his body. Kirkwood performs a dangerous stunt as he hits the balls off of the various parts of the man's body, without hitting the man.

Date: 1930, November 20
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077337
United States Marines unload supplies from LVT at a beach in Bougainville, New Guinea during World War II.

United States Marines land in Bougainville, New Guinea during World War II. Destroyers and transport ships moored off shore. LCVTs (Landing Crafts Vehicle Tracked) head towards the beach. Marines in silhouette as they unload supplies from a landing craft. Marines unload supplies from LVT-3. LCMs (Landing Craft Mechanized), LCVTs and other landing craft off the shore. Marines working party with destroyers in the background.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077477