Crew of the United States Navy flying boat Curtiss NC-4 arrive in Lisbon, Portugal during the first transatlantic flight. Ship in Lisbon Harbor decorated with flags. View of the decorated ships. Signalman waves flags as Curtiss NC-4 approaches. Curtiss NC-4 in flight over the harbor. Curtiss NC-4 floats on water. Natives row boat near the Curtiss NC-4 floating.
German ballistic missile A-4 being launched during tests in Peenemunde, Germany. German rocket engineers and workers near A4 missile that is being prepared for launch. A-4 missile on a launch pad near a launch tower. Smoke rises from the tail section. Smoke rises as A-4 missile (also called V-2) lifts off emitting a fiery flare. Missile in flight as it emits a flare. A-4 missile descends leaving behind a vapor trail. (World War II period).
German ballistic missile A-4 being launched during tests in Peenemunde, Germany. A-4 missile on a launch pad near a launch tower. Smoke rises from the tail section. Smoke rises as A-4 missile lifts off emitting a fiery flare. Missile in flight as it emits a flare. A-4 missile explodes in mid air. Another A-4 missile lifts off as it emits a fiery flare. (World War II period).
A Grumman TBF Avenger aircraft landing on a sandy airfield in Espiritu Santo during World War 2. Douglas SBD Dauntless landing. A United States pilot signals to an aircraft taxiing away. A United States Vought F4U Corsair lands, turns to park in airfield. A Vought F4U Corsair taxiing. A man runs ahead of the Vought F4U Corsair and signals to its pilot. Rear view of a group of Vought F4U Corsairs waiting in line for take-off. Group of Vought F4U Corsair aircraft taxis and take off one by one.
5-inch shells high-lined from the USS Mount Baker (AE-4) to USS Mansfield (DD-728) during Operation Sea Dragon in Vietnam. The ammunition stack lifted from AE-4 and moves on cable. It swings on the cable. It reaches DD-728 and lands on a mattress set up on deck. Men unhook the stack from high-line. Another stack arrives. Men unfasten the hook and release the rig. The rig returns. The two ships underway in water. A man wearing helmet sits on deck of DD-728 and looks at AE-4. View of AE-4 from DD-728.
Mercury-Redstone 4 launching in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Coverage of Mercury Redstone-4 from high speed tracking camera. Spacecraft in flight. Mercury-Redstone 4 carries astronaut Captain Virgil Grissom in a sub-orbital flight. Smoke from spacecraft. Mercury 4 goes away.
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