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The X-15 being released from the NB-52A and another aircraft in flight behind the NB-52A in California, United States.

X-15 rocket-powered aircraft piloted by Joseph Albert Walker setting a new altitude record of 169,600 feet in California, United States. Aerial view of the U.S. Air Force bomber NB-52A Stratofortress with the X-15 rocket-powered aircraft under its wing while in flight as seen from another aircraft. Another aircraft in flight behind the bomber NB-52A. The X-15 rocket-powered aircraft being released from the bomber NB-52A. Aerial view of the X-15 aircraft in flight. Smoke trails come out of the aircraft. The rear of the pilot in the cockpit.

Date: 1961, March 30
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067038
Anna Roosevelt reviews troops and Jean Marie Faircloth MacArthur Christens the Australian Destroyer, Bataan the during World War II

Opening scene shows a Boeing B-24 Liberator bomber arriving at an airfield in the Caribbean during World War 2 . U.S. First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt steps from the aircraft, stopping here on one of her many trips. She strolls among U.S. servicemen and others. She is escorted by a General and reviews American Troops on parade at an army base. Scene shifts abruptly to the Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney in New South Wales Sydney Australia, where the Australian Destroyer, Bataan, is being Christened on 15 January 1944 by Jean MacArthur, the wife of General Douglas MacArthur. Dockyard workers drive wedges from beneath the destroyer's hull, to free her for launching. Mrs. MacArthur announces the name, Bataan, and swings a bottle of champaign to christen her. The ship proceeds down the ways. View from below of sailors on deck as she launches.

Date: 1944, March 20
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067066
Damaged bridges, houses and property due to the floods in the various rivers of the United States in 1936.

Flood damage in the United States in 1936. The Kennebec River, Maine: men stand on blocks of ice and view a broken bridge due to flooding. Ice jams loosened on the Penobscot River threaten towns near Bangor, Maine. View of giant ice flows and downed utility poles The Housatonic River, Connecticut: Broken electrical towers on the blocks of ice. Men walk on the ice blocks. Men clear the ice from road. Passaic River, New Jersey: the water of the river flows above limits over a bridge. Lake Conemaugh, Pennsylvania: View of submerged houses from flooding. The destoyed houses due to flood. The people stand on a bridge and heavy flow of water under the bridge. Ohio River: the submerged buildings from flooding are seen. Men on boats in front of the submerged shops. People on bridge run. The damaged cars,trains and trams lie on the streets. The streets filled with water. From a 1961 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.

Date: 1936, March
Duration: 2 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067099
Peleliu, Palau Islands, during WW II. U.S. Marine gun crew cleans M1A1 155 mm gun. A marine reads a letter.

Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. United States Marine gun crew push swab through the bore of their M1A1 155 mm gun to clean it. The marines,stripped to the waist, push the swab back and forth. View down a line of marines, cleaning the gun with swab on a pole. Hands of a marine as he cleans parts of the gun. Marine with the earphones on while reading a private letter. He jumps and starts waving his letter with joy after getting the news that his wife gave birth to a baby. Marines crowded around him as they pat and congratulate him. The marine with earphones on and letter in hand gives cigars to other marines. The marines laugh.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067107
Residential apartment developments east of Pennsylvania Avenue and near Oxon Hill and other areas outside Washington DC

1940s views of new housing units in the form of residential apartment buildings east of Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. Apartments with parking garages under them across the South Capitol street bridge near the Oxon Hill area. A 1940s sedan car pulls into a parking garage under an apartment building. Next view is out Maryland Avenue and over Bladensburg Avenue to the northeast, showing apartments and other buildings in the Greenbelt area. Car traffic is seen driving through the University of Maryland campus. Apartment construction underway in areas near the University of Maryland. Construction of Colonial Village, with aerial and ground level views of the site. Traffic driving along the Mount Vernon Highway with the Potomac River beside it (later George Washington Parkway). Apartment building construction in Alexandria. Busy traffic scene of commuters arriving in Washington DC on a work day. People get on and off trolley car lines in Washington, D.C. Other commuters wait to board a bus. Late 1940s automobile traffic on street in Washington, D.C.

Date: 1949
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073230
U.S. President Harry S. Truman announces the surrender of Japan and civilians celebrate victory in the United States.

Victory celebrations and VJ Day in the United States during World War II. The President of the United States Harry S. Truman addresses a gathering and announces the surrender of Japan. In Washington DC: a large crowd of civilians gathered for street parties. A newspaper headline reads 'Japan Surrenders'. In Chicago: a demonstration takes place. In San Francisco: celebrations for the end of the war include a ticker tape parade . People march through streets holding banners. In Seattle: servicemen conduct an outdoor proceeding. In New York: a large crowd of civilians gathered at Times Square to celebrate victory over Japan.

Date: 1945, August 15
Duration: 2 min 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073311