On May 8, 1919 three Navy-Curtiss three-engine flying boats, the NC-1 commanded by Patrick N.L. Bellinger, the NC-3 commanded by John H. Towers and NC-4 commanded by Albert C. Read, take off from the Rockaway Beach Naval Air Station on first leg of transatlantic flight. Aircraft are readied for flight. Sailors hand supplies to crewman on NC-4. Sailors scramble all over NC-3 handling last minute preparations. Naval Commander John H. Towers, in charge of the expedition, poses for a picture. NC-1 in the water with line to a ship. Officers on board ship release weather balloon. NC-3 taxis out in the water and accelerates for takeoff, followed by NC-4, later seen airborne. NC-1 taxis out and is seen airborne. Views of the NC flying boats aloft.
Founder of Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney (Walter Elias Disney) at his studio in Hollywood, California. He is 35 years old in this footage. Multiple takes of scene where Disney makes statement to his secretary in reply to a letter requesting the use of name of Mickey Mouse for a product endorsement. He dictates a letter in answer to the request.
Meeting of Dr. Conant and Dr. Vannevar Bush in Harvard University regarding development of atom bomb during World War II. Entrance to Harvard University. Statue of John Harvard. Office of Dr. James Conant shows Dr. Conant talking with Dr. Vannevar Bush. Bush says he has talked with President Franklin Roosevelt about development of atomic bomb and that he has given permission to go ahead. Conant then says a real all out effort should be made with expansion, reorganization and to really get going.
Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Longfellow Bridge crossing over the Charles River. Boat moves on water. Harvard College buildings.
Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethology. Students walk out of the museum. Student sit and talk on steps of a building. Sign reads 'Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethology'. Interiors of the museum shows students and visitors looking at exhibit of Native American Indians and totem poles.
Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Students study at Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethology. Student writes in a notebook. Picture of chimpanzee in a book. Student selects volume of Hooten's 'Twilight of Man' from bookshelf.
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