The history of the United States. A pictorial map shows the path followed by Christopher Columbus in 1492 across the Atlantic Ocean. He found a group of islands where other explorers from Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, England, Italy and France found two continents. The representation of the area in the northern continent over which the English and the French fought and the French were defeated. The French gave up their colonies and in 1763 they belonged to England. People in the English colonies at work. English officials during a meet. The workers rebelling against English troops. Farmers, who became soldiers, moving with guns. The army led by George Washington moving against the English Army. The thirteen colonies of the English became independent, during the American Revolution, leading to the birth of American nation.
A tourist bus moves along a wooded road in Boston, Massachusetts. View of steeple of Old North Church (2nd steeple). Tourist couple walks on sidewalk beside street in Boston, passing the Paul Revere House at 19 North Square. A group of young boys stops them on the sidewalk and hastily recites portions of the story of Paul Revere to the couple. The boys then hold out their hands asking for a money tip for having told the story. A church near a town square. Closeup view of the Minute Man statue in Concord Massachusetts. View of Longfellows Wayside Inn and the historic area near it in Sudbury Massachusetts.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) exercise Operation Strikeback. A support ship, with number 91 painted on hull, underway at sea. Fleet Oiler, underway, between a destroyer and a cruiser. USS Nantahala (AO-60) refueling the USS Forrestal (CVA-59) in Atlantic. Destroyer USS Forest Royal (DD-872) alongside another vessel. Transfer of cargo from one ship to other. Unloading of cargo nets aboard the ship. Destroyer next to a support ship, underway in the Atlantic Ocean.
A group of officers and personnel of the President's party, stand on weather deck of USS North Hampton underway in the Atlantic Ocean following a Presidential Fleet Review. A HUS1 (UH-34D Seahorse)helicopter comes in for landing on after deck of USS North Hampton. Spot marked off for helicopters. Officers and men in the foreground of deck watch. Helicopter lands. Officer with baggage walks toward helicopter followed by rest of the party. Some of them board helicopters. (The President had already departed for the USS Enterprise.)
A newsreel titled "Captured Nazi subs are sunk" shows British and Polish Navy Destroyers disposing of Nazi German submarines off the coast of Ireland soon after the end of World War 2 during Operation Deadlight. View of captured submarines at dock in Loch Ryan, Scotland, including U-1271, U-1301, and a third submarine awaiting scuttling operations. In the next scene, in the North Atlantic off the west coast of Scotland and northwest of Ireland, allied British and Polish sailors from HMS Onslow and ORP Blyskawica destroyers take aim at U-2324 and then fire naval guns at the submarine. Naval guns fire several shots and U-2324 sinks in the North Atlantic.
German zeppelin Hindenburg lands at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey on the morning of 9 May 1936, after the airship's maiden voyage across the North Atlantic Ocean. People gather to watch the zeppelin after a successful transatlantic flight in 60 hours. The zeppelin enters a waiting hangar as a huge crowd gathers to watch. A Nazi swastika on the airship. Dr. Hugo Eckener thanks American government for their cooperation and talks about the successful flight across the North Atlantic. (This is the only portion of the clip that includes audio). People look at the zeppelin in the hangar.
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