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Coast Artillerymen fill a balloon with helium gas and raise the balloon during a demonstration at Camp Davis in North Carolina (WW2)

Coast Artillery soldiers at Camp Davis in North Carolina in World War II. demonstrate how to handle a barrage balloon. The manifold of the balloon is connected to a helium gas cylinder by means of a rubber tube. Men connect one end of an inflation tube to the manifold. The end of the tube is connected with the appendix of the balloon. The envelope is inflated A soldier opens cylinder valves. The balloon gradually rises. Men install a rudder. Men hang sand bags on the balloon to control its rate of rise. Men move the balloon to a winch. The second balloon inflated in the same manner. Men remove the sand bags. A man operates the winch. The balloon rises. The second balloon rises. The balloons are raised up. A balloon is hauled down and anchored. Men hang the sand bags. The Army personnel march off from the field.

Location: North Carolina United States USA
Date: 1941
Duration: 7 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069169
U.S. War Secretary Henry L Stimson speaks about the use of U.S. battleships to convoy war shipments to England, in Washington DC (WW2)

Convoy plea by U.S. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson in Washington DC during World War II. U.S. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, seated at a desk, reads from a paper. War Secretary Stimson speaks about the use of U.S. battleships to convoy war shipments to England. Secretary Stimson also says that the U.S. fleet which is the first line of defense can best defend this country by guaranteeing delivery of goods to Britain.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1941, May 8
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069458
High-ranking Naval officers of the Americas visit the U.S. Naval Base, Charleston, South Carolina, on a good will tour.

Film opens showing the unsual sight of two United Airlines commercial DC-3 aircraft flying in formation as they approach Charleston Naval Base, South Carolina. View inside one of the airplanes shows high-ranking naval officers in mufti (civilian clothes) from various South American countries seated inside. Flags of their respective nations are displayed above their seats. Seen are flags of Venezuela; Chile; Mexico; Cuba; and others. Closeup of the the representative of Venezuela as he is joined by another officer and they converse. Closeup of others conversing. View out a passenger compartment window in the aircraft, showing the second DC-3 flying nearby. Scene shifts to the cockpit, where the copilot is seen at his position. View from the ground of one DC-3 landing and taxiing in, followed by the second plane. The passengers seen leaving one of the aircraft. They line up on the ramp, and are greeted individually by U.S. Navy Rear Admiral William H. Allen, Commander of the Sixth Naval District. A U.S. Navy Captain also greets them and is seen saluting one of them. The entire group poses in front of one of the airplanes. Next, sailors at the Naval Base are seen marching on the parade grounds. Standing to the side, in uniform, are the visiting Naval officers from the Americas. Closeup of them shows Admiral Allen in the front row with an admiral from Brazil to his left.

Location: Charleston South Carolina USA
Date: 1941, May 8
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069460
USAAF P-38 Lightning pulled out of a hangar,pilot gets in the cockpit and the aircraft taxis and takes off in California.

A test flight of a new USAAF (United States Army Air Force) Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft in Burbank, California. USAAF P-38s inside a hangar. Men seated on a wing of a P-38. The P-38 is pulled out of a hangar. A pilot wearing a mask on a bicycle. The pilot wearing a helmet and a mask gets in to the cockpit of the aircraft. The aircraft taxis and takes off. The P-38 in flight over the city. Mountains in the background.

Location: Burbank California USA
Date: 1941, May 8
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069461
U.S. fighter aircraft designer Igor Sikorsky sets a record for hovering in air for 1½ hours in a VS-300 in Connecticut.

Designer of U.S. fighter aircraft Igor Sikorsky sets a new record for hovering in air for 1:32 in Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 helicopter in Stratford, Connecticut. People stand around the VS-300. A three-blade rotor rotates. VS-300 raises up from the group. The VS-300 hovering in the air. The VS-300 lowers down on the ground. People cheer and wave to Sikorsky for setting a record. People stand around Igor Sikorsky. A man approaches Sikorsky to congratulate him.

Location: Stratford Connecticut USA
Date: 1941, May 6
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069462
Australian PM Robert Menzies gets off from a Boeing 314 Clipper for a meeting and is escorted by U.S. officials in New York.

Prime Minister of Australia Robert Gordon Menzies arrives for a meeting with U.S. officials in New York. Australian Prime Minister Robert Gordon Menzies gets off from a flying boat Boeing 314 Clipper. Men stand in the background. The Prime Minister is escorted by U.S. officials. The officials and the Prime Minister walk on a bridge.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1941, May 8
Duration: 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069463
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