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USS Thomas A Edison, USS Northampton tied up at a dock and USS Northampton leaves Norfolk, Virginia.

United States ships at Norfolk, Virginia. USS Thomas A Edison and USS Northampton tied up to a pier. A mobile crane removes one of the brows from USS Northampton. The ship gets underway away from the pier with President of the United States John F Kennedy aboard it. USS Northampton backing out from the pier. A harbor tug boat moves around the bow of the USS Northampton to assist the cruiser out into a stream. USS Northampton underway in Hampton Roads after leaving the pier. Merchant ships in the background. The cruiser moves away. The sun setting in the background. A part of pier in the background.

Date: 1962, April
Duration: 2 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068457
Heavy columns of smoke arises due to the fire at the Navy yard in Norfolk, Virginia.

Damage due to fire at the Navy yard in Norfolk, Virginia. The fire spreads to adjacent piers. A huge loss to property and many people wounded due to the fire. Firemen dousing the fire with fire hoses. Heavy columns of smoke arise due to fire. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, January 25
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076586
Bandleader Aviator Roger Wolf Kahn, makes daring low altitude pickup of mail in Norfolk, Virginia.

Bandleader-Aviator, Roger Wolfe Kahn, son of multimillionaire banker, Otto Kahn, sits in a 1930 Bellanca CH-400 Skyrocket airplane. He taxis and takes off, flying from New York to Norfolk Virginia, where he makes a daring low altitude test of system for in-flight pickup of mail. He swoops to within a few yards of the pickup point, and snags a mail satchel suspended atop a building only 102 feet high, The mail pouch is delivered by air drop in a field, where it is picked up by a man who places it in a car and drives away. (Note: This actual airplane, Bellanca NC 7084, is being restored by its owner, Dan Cullman of Kent, Washington.)

Date: 1931, April 21
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026605
American workers load treasures of Egyptian King Tutankhamun onto USS Sylvania at the Navy Station in Norfolk, Virginia.

Ancient Egyptian archaeological artifacts at the Navy Station in Norfolk, Virginia. Treasures of Egyptian King Tutankhamun (King Tut) being loaded on USS Sylvania. They are on loan from Cairo Museum for a five city U.S. tour. American workers move crates and baskets with the help of small transport vehicles aboard the ship. Heavy structure being lifted by cranes. Archaeological treasure packed in wooden boxes.

Date: 1976, September
Duration: 2 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064347
American workers off-load treasures of King Tutankhamun from USS Sylvania at the Navy Station in Norfolk, Virginia.

American workers off-load loaned Egyptian treasures of Egyptian King Tutankhamun from the USS Sylvania at the Navy Station in Norfolk, Virginia. Treasures of Egyptian King Tut seen being off-loaded in boxes, from USS Sylvania. American workers place boxes in small transport vehicles. Men strap the boxes carefully. Heavy structure being lifted by cranes. Archaeological treasure packed in wooden boxes, on loan from Cairo Museum for a five city United States tour.

Date: 1976, September 2
Duration: 2 min 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064348
American workers load wooden boxes filled with treasures of King Tutankhamun onto Navy ship USS Sylvania in Norfolk, Virginia.

American workers load treasures of Egyptian King Tutankhamun (King Tut) onto USS Sylvania at the Navy Station in Norfolk, Virginia. Treasures of Egyptian King Tut being loaded on USS Sylvania. American workers load wooden boxes on cranes and fasten them with chains and belts. Heavy structure being lifted by cranes. Archaeological treasures of the King Tutankhamun tomb packed in wooden boxes.

Date: 1976, September 2
Duration: 2 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064349