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Mrs Ripley christens USS Midway during its launch in Newport News, Virginia.

World's largest carrier, USS Midway's launch at Newport News, Virginia. Workers in the shipyard. Mrs Ripley on christen barge. She christens the ship. Workers and spectators watch the launch.

Date: 1945, March 9
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035284
Mrs. Annie Reid Knox at the christening of USS Hornet at Newport News shipyard, Virginia.

Launch of USS Hornet (CV-8) at Newport News Shipyard, Virginia. The flag of the U.S. flag hangs from the hull of the ship. U.S. Secretary of Navy Frank Knox's wife, Mrs. Annie Reid Knox, at the christening. Women stand holding umbrellas. The Aircraft Carrer ship slides into the water.

Date: 1940, December 14
Duration: 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046730
Caroline B Kennedy, daughter of Former President, christens the USS John F Kennedy (CV-67) at Newport News in Virginia.

Launch of the USS John F Kennedy (CV-67) at Newport News in Virginia. USS John F Kennedy (CV-67) aircraft carrier docked at harbor. Large crowd of civilians gathered for the launching ceremony. President of the United States Lyndon Baines Johnson and Former President John F Kennedy's wife Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy and daughter Caroline Bouvier Kennedy arrives for the launch. President Johnson addresses the crowd before the launch. Caroline christens the giant ship with the bottle of champagne. The ship heads for its first voyage.

Date: 1967, June 2
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072503
Trucks cross a bridge and Northrop A-17A aircraft in flight over a bridge in Newport News, Virginia

U.S. Army Air Corps and Army Ground Forces at Newport News in Virginia. Trucks cross a bridge. U.S. Army Air Corps Northrop A-17A aircraft fly low over water laying smoke screen. Smoke screen formed. Four A-17 aircraft fly over bridge.

Date: 1938
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068157
Engineers draw on sheets and workers make holes,cut metal sheets,weld while constructing SS America in Newport News, Virginia

Ocean liner SS America under construction in Newport News, Virginia. An engineer takes dimensions from the model of the ship. Engineers draw on sheets. Men make holes while constructing ship. A man cuts a metal sheet. Men wearing protective mask weld on the ship. Animation depicts the ship at sea.

Date: 1939, January 30
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068182
Demonstration of direct bombings over enemy targets with the help of a dirigible hidden in cloud in Newport News, Virginia.

Success of 'Hanging Eye' by the United States Army Air Service in Newport News, Virginia. Demonstrations of direct bombing over enemy targets with the help of a dirigible hidden in a cloud. Lieuts, Paul and McCracken are lowered in a tiny Hanging Eye to blimp and telephone to craft above. Aviators seated in a little car with fields on ground in the background.

Date: 1931, March 2
Duration: 1 min 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044388