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Launching of USS Wisconsin (BB-64). Philadelphia Navy Yard, December 7, 1943. Governor and Mrs. Goodland of Wisconsin.

Rear Admiral, M.F. Draemel, Commandant of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, introduces Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Ralph, A. Bard, who speaks to large group of Navy Yard personnel and visitors and spectators. The occasion is the launching of the second USS Wisconsin (BB-64) on December 7, 1943. Governor of Wisconsin, Walter S. Goodland and his wife are present. Mrs. Goodland is the official sponsor.

Location: Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA
Date: 1943, December 7
Duration: 2 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031534
Inaugural air mail service in 1918; a R-4 helicopter in 1943 carries mail to an airport for air delivery in Washington DC, United States.

The 25th Anniversary of the Air Mail Service in the United States. Past events from year 1918 show the inauguration of air mail in the United States. A man holds an envelope to be delivered by air. President Woodrow Wilson talks to a pilot. Scene changes to 1943 in front of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington DC, on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Air Mail Service. A U.S. Army Sikorsky R-4 helicopter lands outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC. The pilot speaks to the helicopter designer, Igor Sikorsky, and receive a special package of mail. The helicopter is seen landing in Arlington Virginia at recently opened Washington National Airport, to deliver the package to a waiting aircraft. Crowd of people gathered outside at Washington National Airport terminal building to watch the helicopter landing. Mail being loaded aboard an air mail aircraft. The helicopter takes off.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065878
Baseball players train in northern U.S. states during World War II, 1943

Newsreel clip entitled "Ball Players Train in North" shows major league baseball teams holding spring training in 1943. Teams were not allowed to travel south to Florida because of World War 2 travel restrictions. First part of clip shows men (presumably baseball players) riding in a horse and buggy along a tree-lined road. Giants seen running on field and meeting with manager and Hall of Fame outfielder Mel Ott. Players pose for camera, all wearing long sleeves. Closeup of Giants Hall of Fame pitcher Carl Hubbell. Giants players seen throwing at posters of Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler and Hideki Tojo -- Leaders of the Axis powers during the war. Players look at the posters after throwing; note patriotic war patch on Giant player's sleeve. Clip shifts to Washington Senators training camp the same year. Coach and renowned baseball clown Nick Altrock leads players in warmup drills. Players warm up in outfield, near what looks like a heating plant. Closeup of Senators pitcher Dutch Leonard throwing. Closeup of Senators owner Clark Griffith (in overcoat) talking with manager Ossie Bluege. Closeup of Bluege. Players marvel over of 7-foot player Richard Ahrens, who was signed by the Senators that spring as a possible publicity stunt; he never appeared in a minor or major league game. Washington players pretend to warm themselves up by small campfire on the field. Another shot of Altrock. (Note: There is no indication where these clips were taken but the Giants trained in Lakewood, New Jersey that spring and the Senators trained in College Park, Maryland. )

Location: College Park Maryland USA
Date: 1943, March 19
Duration: 1 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029287
Laying of the Big Inch petroleum pipeline network between Texas and Illinois in the United States during World War 2.

A map shows pipeline network for the transportation of oil and its by-products in the United States, largely for the war effort during World War 2. Shows the laying of the Big Inch petroleum pipelines in Arkansas, Texas, and other locations. Tractors and explosives being used to clear the ground for laying the pipelines. Oil pipeline being laid across a river bed. A welder welds the joints. Pipelines being laid in trenches. Men operate valves to turn on the flow of oil in the new Big Inch pipeline. High octane aviation gas is filled in an aircraft at an airfield. Soldiers fill gas cans all lined up in a lot. An oil tanker in the background. Troops load gasoline jerrycans on trucks. B-17, B-26, and B-24 Bomber aircraft in refueling operations on various airfields. B-17 taking off and formation of aircraft in flight. Formation of tanks and military vehicles move along a battlefield. Narrator encourages American people in giving up home comforts of goods and fuels made from oil so that they can be directed to the war effort.

Location: Texas United States USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050493
Women and children arrive at Crystal City detention facility and views of utility and recreation buildings, Texas

Civilian alien enemy detention facility in Crystal City, Texas, during World War 2, for relocation and internment. Train arrives in Crystal city. Japanese-American and German-American women and children disembark from train at Crystal city facility, to voluntarily join their husbands and fathers who were detained at the facility during World War 2. They board a bus. A bus is driven to the camp facility. Children and women at detention facility of Crystal city. Bags are examines as detainees arrive. They receive food in cafeteria. Views of utility and recreation buildings including housing units, hospitals and maintenance buildings.

Location: Crystal City Texas USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072063
Rations are supplied by truck for canteen and stores in Crystal City, Texas internment facility during World War 2.

Alien enemy detention facility in Crystal City, Texas,during World War 2, for relocation and internment of Japanese-Americans and German-Americans. A car is driven down on road along housing amenities. Views of tower. Hanging clothes on string outside housing unit. Houses for detainees. View of Central Administration building. Internal Security unit supervise and investigate the units. Rations are supplied by truck for canteen and stores. A man works on typewriter. Men work in canteen. Building of general store as detainees enter into it. Detainees in medical store.

Location: Crystal City Texas USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072064
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