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The first Polar expedition led by Richard Byrd, in 1926, leaves New York, bound for King's Bay, Spitsbergen, Norway..

United States Navy Lieutenant Commander, Richard Evelyn Byrd's arctic expedition to fly an airplane over the North Pole. U.S. Freighter Chantier docked in New York harbor. A Tug boat pushes the SS Chantier away from her pier in New York Harbor. Lt.Cmdr. Byrd, pilot Floyd Bennett, and two other members of the expedition, consult charts to plan their flight, during the cruise from New York to Norway. View from the ship's deck as they traverse sea covered with floating ice floes. closeups of the ice floes. View from the deck, as the SS Chantier approaches land, in King's Bay, Spitsbergen, Norway. A Norwegian gunboat is docked at the only pier. Snow and ice-covered mountains rise in the background. Several buildings, including a hangar, for the airship, Norge, are seen at the Norwegian camp. The Harbor master comes out to the Chantier, with three other men, in a dingy. They struggle through the ice floes, using long poles to help them maneuver.

Location: Spitsbergen Norway
Date: 1926
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063325
The Norge, an Italian built, semi-rigid airship, flying the flag of Norway lands in Spitsbergen before her Amundsen-Ellsworth 1926 Transpolar Flight

While United States Navy Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd's North Pole expedition prepares for its flight to the pole and back, the Dirigible, "Norge," positioning for the Amundsen-Ellsworth 1926 Transpolar Flight, is seen in flight over Kings Bay Spitsbergen. She passes over the Byrd Polar Expedition camp and proceeds to land and be moved into her protective hangar at her own expedition camp, nearby.

Location: Spitzbergen Norway
Date: 1926, May
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063329
North American Aviation engineers. X-15 research design and testing

" X-15 Research Airplane Request for Bids" issued by the U.S. Air Force Air Materiel Command, Washington, DC. Documents labeled 'Confidential Information'. Cover of another document reads: "North American Aviation Inc." View of North American aircraft design engineers at work designing and drawing sketches of landing gear, fuel system, hydraulics, surface control and study it. A sketch of X-15. Wind tunnel tests. Sketches of various aircraft designs. Vehicles outside North American Aviation Inc. A sign reads 'SABRE JET'. A sign reads 'Unauthorized personnel Keep Out' and 'Closed Area Admittance by Authorization Only'. Engine testing. Airframe fabrication. More wind tunnel tests.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1959
Duration: 3 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675021320
North American technicians help Scott Crossfield and crewmen position auxiliary power units beside B-52 at Edwards Air Force Base.

B-52 Stratofortress with X-15 gets ready for the flight. Ground crewmen position auxiliary power units beside B-52 on flight line. Two ground crewmen connect an auxiliary power unit hose in bomb bay of B-52. Several men speak to Scott Crossfield who is seated in X-15 under wing of B-52. X-15 attached to pylon under wing of B-52 on flight line. Several auxiliary power units under left wing engine of B-52. Group of North American technicians' stands and talks on flight line. North American technicians help Scott Crossfield who is seated in the cockpit of X-15 to put on his high altitude helmet. Number of North American technician stands in front of guidance vehicle. Fire truck in the background. Three motion picture cameramen on flight line. One uses a tripod and others have their cameras mounted on platforms on top of station wagons.

Location: California United States USA
Date: 1959, March 10
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675021403
North Vietnamese fishermen and divers, in wooden boats, recover wreckage of U.S. Navy A-4D flown by USN Lt Jg Everett Alvarez Jr

North Vietnamese fishermen who captured Lieutenant JG Everett Alvarez, jr. after his A-4D was shot down. The fishermen in their wooden boats help divers locate and retrieve wreckage of the aircraft. Barefoot men in two boats raise heavy pieces of wreckage on wooden poles. Views of various recovered airplane parts. A Vietnamese diver in deepsea divers suit is hoisted up at side of one boat. Men in boats pick up aircraft parts and gear.Part numbers and model information on various aircraft parts. A life vest with manufacturer's marking : "BUAER USN".

Location: North Vietnam
Date: 1964, August
Duration: 3 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Vietnamese
Clip: 65675052355
Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle of the United States 12th Air Force and staff at their headquarters in North Africa.

Allied soldiers in North Africa. Soldiers look at a poster of the 'Legion Tricolore.' A convoy of military trucks bearing American troops drives along narrow streets and dirt roads. Soldiers march on road alongside the trucks. Locals pose with the soldiers. Military tanks move along on a road. Soldiers talk as one takes notes. A flag on a pole. Sign on building reads: 'HQ 12TH AF'. Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle, Commanding General of the United States 12th Air Force and staff look at a map. An officer smokes a pipe. A group of altar boys by the road. Local children nearby. Troops march on the streets. (World War II period).

Location: North Africa
Date: 1942, November
Duration: 1 min 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675020516
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