Aviator Charles Lindberg in Paris after his trans-Atlantic flight. Lindbergh honored at a dinner attended by the distinguished men of France. The guests seated at a table. Lindbergh's plane 'Spirit of St Louis' parked in the background. Guests including French President Gaston Doumergue. U.S. Ambassador to France Myron T. Herrick bids farewell to Lindbergh. Men prepare his plane for the flight. A large crowd looks on as his plane taxiing at Le Bourget aerodrome (Paris-Le Bourget Airport, Rue de Prague, Zone Aviateurs, Le Bourget, F-93350). The Spirit of St. Louis takes off for Brussels, Belgium.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh prepares to leave for Mexico. Lindbergh with Speaker Nicholas Longworth and other dignitaries after receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor. Lindbergh shakes hands with Longworth. He talks to Assistant Secretary of War for Aviation F Trubee Davison seated in the rear cockpit at Bolling Field. Lindbergh and an officer study the route to Mexico City.
Mrs. Walter S. Goodland, wife of the Governor of Wisconsin, holds a bottle of champagne, preparing to christen the battleship, USS Wisconsin (BB-64). Rear Admiral, M.F.Draemel, Commandant of the Navy Yard advises her how to swing the bottle and then steps away so Governor Goodland can stand next to Mrs. Goodland for photographs
Rear Admiral, M.F. Draemel, Commandant of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, introduces Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Ralph, A. Bard, who speaks to large group of Navy Yard personnel and visitors and spectators. The occasion is the launching of the second USS Wisconsin (BB-64) on December 7, 1943. Governor of Wisconsin, Walter S. Goodland and his wife are present. Mrs. Goodland is the official sponsor.
The horn of the USS Wisconsin (BB-64) sounds loudly, as Mrs. Walter S. Goodland, wife of the Governor of Wisconsin, successfully breaks a bottle of champagne over the ship's bow and it starts down the ways. She is assisted by Rear Admiral M.F. Draemel, Commandant of the Navy Yard. The ship's horn continues to sound throughout the launching. Navy yard personnel and spectators all cheer.
Japanese Imperial Navy ships encounter severe icing conditions in Aleutian waters during winter, World War 2. Thick layer of ice covering everything on the deck of a Japanese light cruiser. Sailors chop ice from a container on deck and shake ice loose from guy lines. Ice sculpted by wind and wave on the foredeck. Two forward turrets and their single 5.5 inch guns covered in ice. Looking from starboard, towards the stern, a Mitsubishi F1M2 (Pete) scout observation plane can be seen mounted on the ship. Another light cruiser seen well astern. More views of ice covering a ship and of sailors chopping it away.
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