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The first takeoff and the first landing of airplanes on the U.S. Navy's first Aircraft Carrier, USS Langley (CV-1)

The first U.S. Aircraft Carrier, USS Langley (CV-1) anchored on the York River, in Virginia, October 17, 1922. A Vought VE-7airplane, piloted by Lieutenant Virgil C. Griffin, accelerates along its flight deck and successfully completes the first airplane takeoff from the deck of the Langley. The VE-7 seen flying over the ship. On October 26, 1922, Lieutenant Commander Godfrey de Courcelles Chevalier, in an Aeromarine 39-B airplane, makes the first successful landing on the USS Langley, while she is underway. Eugene Ely was the first when he took off from the USS Birmingham, Hampton Roads, Virginia, November 14, 1910

Location: Virginia United States USA
Date: 1922, October
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051264
Scenes from the1926 Schneider Cup seaplane races in Norfolk, Virginia.

Views of the 1926 Schneider Cup seaplane races at Hampton Roads, near Norfolk, Virginia. An Italian Macchi M.39 racer with number "3" on fuselage, taxis in the water and takes off. Another Italian Macchi M.39, carrying the number "5" takes off. Ground crew moves a U.S. Curtiss R3C-2 racer (carrying the number "4") into the water. Next, it is seen taking off and flying fairly high to start the course. The winning entry, an Italian Macchi M.39, that averaged 246.5 mph, lands on the water and taxis to the shore. It carrys the number "5" on its fuselage. Victorious pilot, Major Mario de 'Bernardi, stands in the cockpit. He is picked up and carried on the shoulders of his cheering compatriots.

Location: Norfolk Virginia USA
Date: 1926, November 13
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051079
USS Thomas A Edison, USS Northampton tied up at a dock and USS Northampton leaves Norfolk, Virginia.

United States ships at Norfolk, Virginia. USS Thomas A Edison and USS Northampton tied up to a pier. A mobile crane removes one of the brows from USS Northampton. The ship gets underway away from the pier with President of the United States John F Kennedy aboard it. USS Northampton backing out from the pier. A harbor tug boat moves around the bow of the USS Northampton to assist the cruiser out into a stream. USS Northampton underway in Hampton Roads after leaving the pier. Merchant ships in the background. The cruiser moves away. The sun setting in the background. A part of pier in the background.

Location: Norfolk Virginia USA
Date: 1962, April
Duration: 2 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068457
United States cadets from West Point being trained to man 155 mm guns and antiaircraft guns at Fort Monroe.

U.S. cadets test defense guns at Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia. Cadets from West Point fire 155 mm guns and antiaircraft rifles at a beach. Cadets load shells into guns. Guns being fired guns.

Location: Hampton Virginia USA
Date: 1935, August 19
Duration: 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675047817
World War 2 commuters in Washington DC; views of new Pentagon War Department Building and DC security personnel

A documentary depicts activities of U.S. Department of War workers in the United States during World War 2. Scenes of various 1940's clocks on bedside tables. War department workers wake up with the alarms. They get ready for work. Cars passing on the streets of Washington DC. Buildings along the sides of the street. People lined up waiting for public conveyance. A bus arrives. Bus and car traffic on the "Highway Bridge" over the Potomac River toward Arlington Virginia. (The Highway Bridge, a swing-span through-truss bridge, was part of the 14th Street Bridge complex over the years. It was eventually replaced by the George Mason Memorial Bridge, and in 1967 the Highway Bridge was removed and taken to the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren Virginia, to be used for bombing practice). View of the newly built Pentagon War Department building in Arlington Virginia, and views of large parking lots at the Pentagon filled with cars. Workers walking inside the Pentagon building corridors. A line of women seated and working at telephone switchboards in the Pentagon, and consulting an updated telephone directory. A sign at the door of a room reads 'Security Office, Identification Section'. A woman goes inside. Woman named 'Phyllis Hood' gets her identification card and finger prints for her identification in the office. She is seen taking an oath. Hood working at her desk. She files statistical reports. Exteriors of various Washington DC buildings being guarded by United States Army personnel for the Military District of Washington during World War II. A covered anti-aircraft gun installation in Washington DC is shown opening as US Army soldiers take up positions to use the artillery during practice drills. A guard standing outside the White House building.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076684
U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 Flying Fortress bombers in flight during demonstrations on Army day in the United States.

U.S. Army bombers in demonstration flights out of Langley Field on Army Day, April 6, 1939, in the United States. A USAAF B-17 Flying Fortress bomber takes off from Langley Field near Hampton Virginia, right toward and then over the camera. A flight of six B-17s headed toward the camera. Aerial views of several B-17 formations in flight. Foreign officers walking around a U.S. Air Force B-29 parked on the airfield.

Location: Langley Field Virginia USA
Date: 1939, April 6
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074458
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