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U.S. 105th Field Artillery march up to the docks and on to USS America and Madawaska in Newport News, bound for France

U.S. 313th Labor Battalion troops, 105th Field Artillery and 2nd Battalion Pioneers embark from Newport News, Virginia for Europe in 1918 during World War I. The troops of U.S. 313th Labor Battalion at a pier. U.S. 105th Field Artillery and 2nd Battalion Pioneers march up to the docks and on to gangplanks by U.S. Navy transport ships USS America and USS Madawaska. The World War 1 American troops at dock. The covered artillery at the dock. The troops walk up the gangplank. A building and a ship at the dock.

Location: Newport News Virginia USA
Date: 1918, June 29
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069501
The Director of the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) christens USS Franklin (CV-13) in Newport News.

U.S. Navy ships launched in the United States during World War II. Lieutenant Commander Mildred H. McAfee, USNR (US Navy Reserve), Director of the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) breaks a bottle of champagne on the bow of a carrier and christens USS Franklin (CV-13) in Newport News, Virginia on 14th October, 1943. A destroyer is launched at the Great Lakes. The destroyer is turned into an upright position. Shipyard workers cheer. A ship is launched sideways.

Location: Newport News Virginia USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075236
Mrs Herbert Hoover christens SS President Hoover at Newport News, Virginia.

Christening ceremony of SS President Hoover. Bow of ship shows letters 'President Hoover San Francisco'. Mrs Herbert Hoover christens the SS President Hoover. Crowd assembled for the ceremony. Ship is launched and it goes into water. SS President Hoover underway at sea.

Location: Newport News Virginia USA
Date: 1930, December 11
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052014
U.S.Army Air Corps activities on Army Day 1939. U.S. Army P-36 and P-26 demonstrations. Boeing 247 aircraft in operation

Army Day demonstrations at Langley Field outside Hampton Virginia: A long line of U.S. Army Air Corps P-36 aircraft of the 8th Pursuit Group with engines running. Those closest to the camera display the logo of the 36th Pursuit Squadron "Flying Fiends." View of Langley Airfield tower and terminal buildings in background. The P-36s taxi out, one-by-one, for takeoff. Tail number of the first one is: PH-80. Flight of three perform a formation takeoff. Brief instant view of foreign officers in white uniforms standing with American airmen at Langley Field main terminal. View of radial engine running on a Boeing 247 aircraft. Men in truck loading cargo and baggage through open nose hatch of Boeing 247 aircraft. Airman closes and secures the nose hatch. View inside control tower. Operator gives pilot of Boeing 247 clearance to takeoff when ready. Scene changes to new setting and terrain. A Boeing 247 on takeoff roll with snow on the ground. Formations of Boeing P-26 airplanes in flight. Explosions below them in desert as they fly overhead. Two P-26s dive and drop bombs, respectively. Smoke rises from bomb explosions.

Location: Langley Field Virginia USA
Date: 1939, April 6
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675074459
Bunk beds are installed in pilot's ready room aboard the USS Wasp (CVS-18) in Virginia.

U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CVS-18) underway to arrive in the City of Newport News, Virginia. Bunking space on the ship. The bunk beds are installed in pilot's ready room. Men lay on bunk beds. Several men sit on beds. United States enlisted men lounge around. Men read on the bunk beds.

Location: Newport News Virginia USA
Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054316
Official insignia on the shoulders of United States enlisted men aboard the USS Wasp (CVS-18) in Virginia.

U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CVS-18) arrives in the City of Newport News, Virginia. Official insignia on the shoulders of United States enlisted men. Several insignia reads '752 Tank Battalion', 'Red Bull Division' and '88th Blue Devils Division'.

Location: Newport News Virginia USA
Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054317
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