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U.S. aircraft carriers USS Belleau Wood and USS Bunker Hill, and battleship USS New Jersey are launched in the United States.

Launch of two aircraft carriers and a battleship in the United States during World War II. People gathered at shipyards of New York Shipbuilding Corporation for the launch of the USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24). Sponsor Mrs. Thomas Holcomb seen with U.S. Marine Corps General Thomas Holcomb. Mrs. Holcomb christens the ship as it launches. Scene shifts to Fore River Shipyard in Massachusetts and launching of the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17). The aircraft carrier slides down skids into the water. Scene shifts to Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on the same day, December 7, 1942, as the launching ceremony for the Battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62). Carolyn Edison, wife of New Jersey Governor Charles Edison is seen christening the ship and it then slides into the water. Two boats underway in the background assist with positioning the Battleship.

Date: 1942, December 6
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069144
People gather for the opening of a new ski run and skiers ski on the ski run after the inauguration in Mariazell, Austria

A new ski run opens in Mariazell, Austria. Skiers and people gather for the inauguration of the new ski run. The champions stand wearing ski. A priest prays during the opening. The skiers ski on the steep slopes after the opening. They ski in between the trees on the new ski run. People watch them skiing.

Date: 1935, January 16
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069444
Members of defense congratulate Nathan Twining as he becomes the new chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff, Washington D.C.

U.S. General Nathan Twining becomes the new chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff in Washington D.C., United States. New U.S. Secretary of Defense Neil H. McElory. A close up of Neil. Twining takes a pledge as a new chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower holds Bible in his hands. Eisenhower shakes hands with twining. The members of the defense team congratulate him. Outgoing chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff Admiral Arthur W. Radford congratulates Twining. Men take pictures. Retiring U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Erwin Wilson congratulates Twining. A close up of Twining.

Date: 1957, August 15
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069544
Formation of fifty aircraft flying over New York City during American Legion Parade.

American Legion Parade in the United States. The New York harbor. Formation of three P-3As in flight over New York City. The pilot at controls. Formation of fifty aircraft flying over New York City during American Legion Parade.

Date: 1937
Duration: 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069583
Plot to destroy national landmarks using dynamite is uncovered by New York policeman Raymond Wood.

Plot to blow up U.S. landmarks is uncovered in New York on February 16, 1965. Views of targets to blow up American landmarks in various cities. Multiple views of the Statue of Liberty in New York, front and back from the water and from the air. Next scene is low aerial view of the George Washington Monument equestrian statue at Benjamin Franklin Parkway and Eakins Oval. Car traffic seen and view of tall building skyline of Philadelphia. Exterior view of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, followed by view of the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, View of reflecting pool and the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington DC. View of largely empty parking lot near the Woodland apartments in New York City. Bomb squad men wearing protective gear are seen moving package of dynamite. Bomb squad truck moving through city streets. The plot was organized by Robert Steele Collier, Walter Augustus Bowe, and Khaleel Sultran Sayyed of Black Liberation Front or BLF, and also a Canadian women, Michelle Duclos, of a Quebec separatist party. Undercover police officer Raymond Wood is seen getting an award for uncovering the plot.

Date: 1965, February 16
Duration: 2 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070998
Sir Malcolm Campbell with his Blue Bird and Garfield Arthur Wood with his Miss America X set new speed records in the U.S.

New world speed records being set in the United States in 1933. People push race car on Daytona Beach. Sir Malcolm Campbell, a racing motorist drives his "Blue Bird" race car at Daytona Beach, Florida, setting a new speed record. Spectators stand at beach as they watch him. Campbell seated in his racing car as he smokes after the run. People stand around him. Garfield 'Gar' Arthur Wood, a racer using a racing boat named "Miss America X" sets a new world record to win Harmsworth Trophy for his speed run on the St Clair River near Detroit Michigan. View of Gar Wood smiling. From a November 10, 1958 newsreel recounting events 25 years prior.

Date: 1933
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071120