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President John F Kennedy, Mrs Kennedy and party visits the Saint Mary's Church at Newport in Rhode Island.

Spectators wait outside St Mary's Church (12 William St, Newport, RI 02840, United States) at Newport, for arrival of President John F Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline Kennedy to attend services. The Presidential car arrives and parks at the curb, while another sedan parks in the street by the church. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge, Gerald ("Jerry") Behn, steps from the President's car and opens the rear door for JFK and the First Lady and follows as they walk toward the church. Large crowd gathered outside the church. Four small girls look on at president. President, Mrs. Kennedy and party leave church after service. Crowd blocks the entrance. The presidential motorcade moves through crowd. People wave and applaud.

Location: Newport Rhode Island USA
Date: 1961
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030280
View of Newport, Rhode Island, from Navy torpedo boat, "Morris" underway

View of Newport from steam driven Navy torpedo boat "Morris" underway. Sailors wearing hats seen on bow. Black smoke from the smokestack.

Location: Rhode Island United States USA
Date: 1900
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675040571
35th anniversary of Wright Brothers' first flight. Advances in travel due to rail and airplane. Howard Hughes' round the world flight.

Film notes 35th anniversary of Wright Brothers' first flight and reviews history of transportation and advances in transportation brought about by railroad and aircraft. An animated map of the United states before the advent of mechanized transport methods. It illustrates the difficult and long overland journey to travel from the East Coast to the West Coast. Travel by horse and wagon over the Santa Fe Trail in 1849 is recreated in a brief film clip. Next, a locomotive is shown pulling a passenger train at high speed along a railroad at the base of a mountain. Animated map charts fairly direct path from Coast to Coast, taking only 4 days by railroad. Next a nearly straight course is traced across the map illustrating the path of an airplane taking only seven and a half hours for the journey. Change of scene shows aerial view of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 Super Electra Special, Model 14-N2 ( NX18973), christened "New York World's Fair 1939," in flight over New York harbor with the skyline of Manhattan, New York City in the background. Camera follows the plane as it passes over lower Manhattan. The Empire State building is seen prominently with other skyscrapers below the aircraft. This was filmed, on July 14, 1938, as Hughes and his crew were returning from Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Floyd Bennett Field, on Long Island, at the conclusion of their around-the-world flight (circling the Northern Hemisphere) from July 10 - July 14, 1938.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1938, July 14
Duration: 1 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027429
Coast Guard Rescue Stations along the Eastern and Southern coasts of the United States

After extensive slate of historical information, this film shows U.S. Coast Guard personnel launching a large dory (life boat) from the U.S. Coast Guard Gloucester Station in Gloucester, Massachusetts (Old House Cove, westerly side Gloucester Harbor). They slide the boat down rails, launching it directly into the water. Coast Guardsmen in foul weather gear are seen rowing a large lifeboat in rough waters near rocky shores. Eight men row, sitting in four pairs side-by-side on fixed thwarts (benches) and one stands in the stern (a coxwain) steering with a 16’ oar. A powered life boat is seen briefly, in extremely rough waters. Remainder of the film shows an animated map of the East and South coasts of the United States with dots identifying Coast Guard Stations on those coasts. At this point, the film concentrates on Rescue Stations in the Boston Division. A beached two-masted sailing ship is shown. A large steamship emitting black smoke from her funnel, is seen beached and listing on a shore. Aerial view of Light House on Block Island, off Rhode Island. Aerial view of a freighter run aground just off shore. Aerial view of a Coast Guard Station with a highway running past it. Aerial view of another Coast Guard Station located where narrator says is a dangerous point.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1935
Duration: 3 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049568
President Kennedy receives Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Ms. Indira Gandhi at Newport and in Washington.

U.S. President John F Kennedy receives Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his daughter Ms. Indira Gandhi at Newport airport, Rhode Island. American ambassador to India John Galbraith, Indian students from Brown University and the press are also present. Military honor guard holding flags stands with airport terminal in background. Scene changes to Washington DC. Daytime view of exterior of U.S. Capitol building under a bright blue sky. Wide view of Washington Monument and reflecting pool. Scene in a park with yellow and orange colored autumn leaves on trees and ground, and adults and children walking in the park, wearing typical early 1960s fashions. Wide view of tidal basin and Jefferson Memorial in the distance. Arrival of President and Mrs. Kennedy accompany the visiting Prime Minister and his daughter on Air Force One aircraft as it arrives in Washington DC. Military honor guard holds flags and military band members play music, including the U.S. Army Herald Trumpets fanfare ensemble. The arriving officials are received by Vice President and Mrs. Lyndon B Johnson, Secretary of State and Mrs. Dean Rusk, and other dignitaries. President Kennedy speaks at a podium with microphone and welcomes the Prime Minister on his third visit to the U.S. Prime Minister Nehru then speaks and expresses gratitude for the welcome and for the friendship expressed by the President. View of Air Force helicopter taking off to fly the guests and the President to the White House after the ceremony.

Location: Newport Rhode Island USA
Date: 1961, November 6
Duration: 4 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034034
United States sail boat 'Constellation' defeats British 'Sovereign' in America's Cup sailboat cup race in the United States.

America's Cup sailboat race of 1964 in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. Sail boat 'Constellation' defeats British 'Sovereign' sailing vessel in four straight races. The sail boats underway in the ocean. Other boats monitor the race. 'Constellation' way ahead of 'Sovereign'.

Location: Newport Rhode Island USA
Date: 1964, December 24
Duration: 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046615
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