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Launch of the first nuclear-powered submarine, USS Nautilus (SSN 571), christened by U.S. First Lady, Mamie Eisenhower

Launch of the world's first nuclear powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, at shipyard of the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, Connecticut. Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower breaks a bottle of champagne on the bow of USS Nautilus as a part of tradition. The submarine slides down the ways into the waters of the Thames River. A Navy CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter flies above USS Nautilus underway in Long Island Sound..

Location: Groton Connecticut USA
Date: 1954, January 21
Duration: 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063497
The first pair of Albatross birds land in San Francisco, California.

The first Albatross birds from Midway Island land in San Francisco, California after a 4000 miles flight. Two men take the birds out of a cage. A Pan American Clipper aircraft parked in the background. A man feeds the birds inside a cage at the Fleischacker Zoo.

Location: San Francisco California USA
Date: 1937, July 5
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063622
Federal officials declare war on criminals and gangsters during great depression era in the United States

Two police motorcycles escort a black truck carrying Martin Insull, following his deportation from Canada. The truck displays "Atlas Bro Co" across its top. (Martin is brother of the famous fugitive, Samuel Insull who fled the country following the collapse of his various utility company holding companies, most notably Middle Western Utilities.) Martin Insull is being brought to the Cook County Courthouse in Chicago, to answer charges about his involvement in the matter. Scene shifts to Cook County Courthouse where Martin Insull is escorted by various officials. A group of men and women stand in the area. Some exhibit signs of distress. View from above of the Cook County jail. Smoke from stacks obscuring it somewhat. Change of scene shows heavily armed FBI agents escorting handcuffed and chained gangster George Francis Barnes aka “Machine Gun Kelly" at an American Airlines facility in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1933. They escort him past a parked airplane. Closeup of the "Lima News" of Lima, Ohio, with headline reflecting a national federal campaign against gangsters and criminals in the U.S. View of crowded courtroom. View of Alcatraz prison on its rock island in San Francisco Bay, California. Interior view of cell blocks in Alcatraz. Federal officials escorting arrested men in handcuffs who hide their faces as they approach the camera.

Location: Chicago Illinois USA
Date: 1934
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063714
U.S. Marines of 1st Tank Battalion en route to Peleliu on the USS Gunston Hall (LSD-5) in World War II

U.S. Marines of the 1st Tank Battalion aboard the USS Gunston Hall (LSD-5) headed toward Peleliu in the Palau Islands during World War 2. Marines work on their M4A2 Sherman tanks aboard ship. They use tar and tape to seal places on the tanks as they prepare them for amphibious assault.They clean a hatch on one. A Marine points out water proofing points on tank. A slate reads "motor trouble" on September 12th. Another reads: "Passing Army Convoy." Then a long line of ships is seen on the horizon in the distance.

Location: Pacific Ocean
Date: 1944, September 9
Duration: 1 min 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063837
The USS Gunston Hall arriving in waters off Peleliu as part of an invasion task force during World War II

The USS Gunston Hall (LSD-5) in the waters off Peleliu, Palau Islands, during World War 2. Officers reading orders and briefing Marines on deck. Closeups of marines and officer reading the orders. Sailors shooting the sun with sextants. Other invasion task force ships seen from the Gunston Hall

Location: Pacific Ocean
Date: 1944, September 13
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063839
Japanese artillery fires at U.S. tanks during the battle of Iwo Jima in World War II.

United States Marines in combat on Iwo Jima Island, in the Pacific, during World War II. A 5th Marine Division tank burns after being hit by Japanese artillery fire. Column of U.S. M4 Sherman tanks advances on battlefield. One of them is equipped with a bulldozer blade. Shells from Japanese 77mm field artillery explode around the tanks.

Location: Iwo Jima
Date: 1945, March 5
Duration: 2 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063846
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