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Parachutists jump one after the other from a United States Navy K-class blimp and land safely in Lakehurst, New Jersey.

Parachute jumpers jump from a U.S. Navy K-class blimp in Lakehurst, New Jersey. A parachutist in front of a navy blimp. Personnel stand near a ladder. The blimp in flight. Navy Parachutists inside the blimp. View of pilot and looking through blimp windshield with pilot at the controls. Paratroops jump one after another. View from jump hatch as each man jumps and their parachute opens in flight. Two navy blimp airships in flight. A parachutist looks out from the window of the blimp. An aerial of a delayed parachute opening and buildings. Safe landing by the parachutist. A tower in the background.

Date: 1940, April 15
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033954
USS Edison and ISS Ericsson being launched in Kearny, New Jersey.

Launching of United States Navy destroyers in Kearny, New Jersey. A man hands over a bottle of champagne to the widow of Thomas Alva Edison who breaks it against the bow of USS Edison. The ship takes to water. Crew members on the deck of the ship. A woman breaks a bottle of champagne against the bow of USS Ericsson as the ship is launched.

Date: 1940, November 27
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057673
Local boys build a steam powered automobile, automobile drives down a road in Jamesburg, New Jersey.

Local boys build a steam-powered automobile in Jamesburg, New Jersey. Three boys make the amateur version of a Stanley Steamer auto. The boys use kindling wood to stoke a fire for steam power. Steam rises from the device. The boys hop onto their car and drive it down a road in before a gathered crowd. (World War II period).

Date: 1940, March 13
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044738
Montclair High School defeats Bloomfield High School 40-0 in a football game in Montclair, New Jersey.

A football match in Montclair, New Jersey. People gathered to watch a game between Montclair High School and Bloomfield High School. Girls parade on the field. The match gets underway. People cheer during the match. Montclair High School defeats Bloomfield High School 40-0.

Date: 1940, November 25
Duration: 3 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059028
Firemen hose down the burning auto paint factory building in Camden, New Jersey.

An auto paint factory in Camden, New Jersey catches fire. Aerial views of Camden shows smoke rising from the auto paint factory after it catches fire. Men carry out wooden furniture from the building. Firemen hose down the burning factory building. (World War II period).

Date: 1940, July 31
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061126
Recruits of a parachute platoon are trained as they jump with parachutes in Hightsown, New Jersey.

A U.S. parachute platoon being trained in Hightstown, New Jersey. Recruits learn to jump from an elevated platform. A man jumps and falls on the ground. A recruit hangs from a parachute which is hanging from a tower. The parachute is released from the tower and it descends. The recruit lands on the ground. Another recruits jumps with a parachute.

Date: 1940, August 5
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057747