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Sailors work and stand on a ship as U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Charles A. Willoughby departs from Yokohama, Japan.

Departure of United States Army Major General Charles Andrew Willoughby from Yokohama, Japan. Sailors stand beside the railing of a deck. The sailors pull up a rope. People stand on the ship.

Date: 1951, May 22
Duration: 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046833
United States sailors remove a gangway and scrub the deck aboard USS Los Angeles in Yokosuka, Japan.

Activity aboard USS Los Angeles (CA-133) in Yokosuka, Japan. United States sailors remove a gangway with the help of a crane. A group of sailors pull a rope. The sailors scrub the deck aboard USS Los Angeles while officers watch them perform their task.

Date: 1951, June 25
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675043822
United States sailors start a drone power unit aboard USS Los Angeles in Yokosuka, Japan.

Activity aboard USS Los Angeles (CA-133) in Yokosuka, Japan. United States sailors start a drone power unit which is placed on a stand. An auxiliary power unit is used to start the drone. The engine starts with front propeller in motion. A group of sailors observe the drone power unit. They adjust gas mixtures after the drone is started.

Date: 1951, June 26
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675043823
United States sailors mount 30 cal machine guns on a helicopter and fire Quad 40mm aboard USS Los Angeles in Yokosuka, Japan.

Activity aboard USS Los Angeles (CA-133) in Yokosuka, Japan. United States sailors mount 30 caliber machine guns on a helicopter. They fire Quad 40mm guns rotating the turret in various directions. The sailors secure the helicopter in rainstorm on the wet deck. The pilot and other officers board the helicopter and strap themselves. The helicopter takes off from USS Los Angeles deck.

Date: 1951, June 26
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675043824
Quad 40mm guns aboard USS Los Angeles in Yokosuka, Japan.

Activity aboard USS Los Angeles (CA-133) in Yokosuka, Japan. Turrets of Quad 40mm guns aboard USS Los Angeles. The ship sails smoothly on the water surface.

Date: 1951, June 26
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675043825
Early attempts to fly various heavier than air contraptions. Later use of rockets for propulsion; GE jet engines circa 1951.

Early history of flight with various ornithopters and flying contraptions. A bicycle-powered 8-winged airplane collapses in front of a hangar during takeoff attempt. Man wearing a set of wings, and a tail, tries to fly by running and also by jumping off a large rock. The so-called Pitt Sky Car in action. A car equipped with an umbrella-like rotor intended for vertical takeoff. It simply jumps up and down. A man riding a bicycle being propelled in part by a pack of rockets burning behind his seat. It gets too hot and he abandons the bicycle just before the rocket pack explodes. Animated discussion of Newton's 3rd law of motion and its relevance to the jet airplane engine. Diagrams and illustrations. A Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star aircraft taking off, and in flight, with its speed brake extended. View of General Electric jet engine, circa 1951, that delivers over 5800 pounds of thrust. These engines being produced in the GE plant at Lynn, Massachusetts and the new (1951) GE plant at Lockland Ohio.

Date: 1951
Duration: 2 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063987