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A U.S. Navy destroyer and a cruiser are launched at Staten Island, New York, United States in World War 2.

Launching of ships at Staten Island in New York, United States. A destroyer and a cruiser being launched. The ships get underway. Women stand holding bouquets.

Location: Staten Island New York USA
Date: 1941, December 22
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077059
George Edward Pendray launches The American Interplanetary Society's first liquid fueled rocket from Staten Island in New York, United States.

The American Interplanetary Society's first liquid fuel rocket is launched from Staten Island in New York, United States in 1933. George Edward Pendray of the AIS, and his associate preparing for the launch. The 7 1/2 foot rocket is placed on a stand. Other men look on. The rocket, fueled with gasoline and liquid oxygen, takes off. Its fuel tank overheats and explodes moments after takeoff and the rocket crashes to the beach below. (From a November 10, 1958 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier. The world's first successful liquid fuel rocket was launched by Robert Goddard in Auburn, Massachusetts, on 16 March 1926. This film records the first such attempt under auspices of the American Interplanetary Society, in 1933. )

Location: Staten Island New York USA
Date: 1933
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077065
Simulation of a jet crash in a residential area during the Third Annual Fire Chief Steel Conference in Long Island, New York.

The Third Annual Fire Chief Steel Conference in Long Island, New York. Simulation of a jet crash in a residential area. Emphasis on latest methods of coping with blazing jet fuel. Heavy columns of smoke rise up from the wrecked aircraft. The firemen douse the fire with fire hoses.

Location: Long Island New York USA
Date: 1957, May 30
Duration: 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077120
Grayce Reilly poses after winning the "Miss Modern Venus" contest at Steeplechase Park in Coney Island, New York.

Contestants in swim wears walk on ramp during "Miss Modern Venus" contest at Steeplechase Park in Coney Island, New York. Breasts of contestants are measured by judging men using tape measure. (A short clown tries to reach up and measure one tall contestant.) Bust sizes of several women being measured with tape measure. Winner Grayce Reilly poses after winning the contest. Winner's crown placed on her head.

Location: Coney Island New York USA
Date: 1939, August 2
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055163
The pilot and the copilot of a C-141A Starlifter aircraft get a weather briefing from a naval officer on Diego Garcia Island.

Activities at the Naval Weather Service Center on Diego Garcia Island, Indian Ocean. A naval officer gives a weather briefing to a U.S. Air Force C-141A Starlifter aircraft pilot and copilot. The pilot and the copilot look at a weather map. A crewman attaches an insignia to the unit insignia collection on a wall.

Location: Diego Garcia Island Indian Ocean
Date: 1979, February 13
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055628
A naval crew disembarks from a bus and airmen carry personal gear from the bus at an air base on Diego Garcia Island.

Activities at an air base on Diego Garcia Island, Indian Ocean. A naval crew disembarks from a navy bus and enters a building. A U.S. Air Force C-141A Starlifter aircraft on a flight line seen through the window of the bus. Airmen carry personal gear from the bus to the C-141A Starlifter aircraft. An airman opens the aircraft's crew door. The aircrew boards. Other aircraft parked on the air base in the background.

Location: Diego Garcia Island Indian Ocean
Date: 1979, February 13
Duration: 2 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055629
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