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preparing to launch the battleship, USS Wisconsin (BB-64) on December 7, 1943, Philadelphia Naval Yard, Pennsylvania

Mrs. Walter S. Goodland, wife of the Governor of Wisconsin, holds a bottle of champagne, preparing to christen the battleship, USS Wisconsin (BB-64). Rear Admiral, M.F.Draemel, Commandant of the Navy Yard advises her how to swing the bottle and then steps away so Governor Goodland can stand next to Mrs. Goodland for photographs

Date: 1943, December 7
Duration: 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031533
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.

Date: 1943, December 7
Duration: 2 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031534
Launching of the USS Wisconsin (BB-64) at Philadelphia Navy Yard, December 7, 1943., Christened by Mrs. Walter S. Goodland

The horn of the USS Wisconsin (BB-64) sounds loudly, as Mrs. Walter S. Goodland, wife of the Governor of Wisconsin, successfully breaks a bottle of champagne over the ship's bow and it starts down the ways. She is assisted by Rear Admiral M.F. Draemel, Commandant of the Navy Yard. The ship's horn continues to sound throughout the launching. Navy yard personnel and spectators all cheer.

Date: 1943, December 7
Duration: 1 min 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031535
Myriad views of New York City. Subway and elevated train commuters. Skyscrapers, street and office scenes

Succession of views of Manhattan New York City skyscrapers. Commuters using subway and elevated trains. Trinity Church at foot of Wall Street, Manhattan, with commuters filling the sidewalks. A sea of commuters jamming a subway entrance, People stream through revolving doors. Large numbers of women typists at work in typing pools of offices. Skyscrapers views with pan shots from top to bottom of skyscraper building. Closeup view of lower half of train car or subway car moving by quickly. Kids playing in the street near sign reading: "Danger, Congested Area."

Date: 1939
Duration: 1 min 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: Spanish
Clip: 65675031539
New Yorkers rushing through lunch in the city. Sidewalk lunch stand.Eight-slice toasters. Pancake machine. Lunch counters.

Well-dressed woman standing on sidewalk, eats at lunch stand. Other customers on sidewalk eating at lunch stand. Woman employee of diner serving coffee. Customers having meals inside a restaurant, some at counter and some at tables. Eight-slice toasters. A ham slicing machine. A woman makes sandwich. Machine dispenses pancake batter on rotating skillet. A woman serves tea and coffee to the people dining. Bread slicing machines are also available. Slices of bread pop up from the toaster. Sandwiches are being prepared. People eating wedge pie.

Date: 1939
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: Spanish
Clip: 65675031540
Fused sand in the blast region of the first atomic bomb test at the Holloman Air Force Base in Alamogordo, New Mexico

The Holloman Air force Base, first atomic bomb testing site in Alamogordo, New Mexico. The Base, also known as Trinity Site. Large grounds at the Base. Fused sand shows the blast region. Mountain ridges in the background. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, July
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031542