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Workers work on USS Midway at Newport News, Virginia.

World's largest carrier, USS Midway's launch at Newport News, Virginia. View of ship's exterior. Welder puts finishing touches and welds on side of the ship. Crane alongside the carrier. Workers disembark from the ship for lunch break.

Date: 1945, March 9
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035282
World's largest aircraft carrier, USS Midway (CV-41), launched at Newport News, Virginia.

World's largest Aircraft Carrier, the U.S. Navy's USS Midway (CV-41) is launched at Newport News, Virginia. Sponsors, Mrs Bradford William Ripley with party consisting of Mrs. Wm Aycrigg, Rear Admiral Cox and superintendent of Naval Construction present during the launch ceremony. Shipyard workers and spectators watch carrier launch. Fleet of U.S. Army Air Force aircraft overhead in formation.

Date: 1945, March 20
Duration: 2 min 0 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035283
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