Refine Your Search

Quincy Massachusetts USA 1934 stock footage and images

- Showing 1 to 6 of 25216 results
Mrs James Roosevelt names the U.S. Navy "Farragut" during the christening ceremony in Quincy, Massachusetts.

Mrs James Roosevelt christens a ship in Massachusetts. The daughter-in-law of President Roosevelt. christens the new Farragut ship in Quincy. Dignitaries stand with her. Ship slides down the ways at the Fore River shipyards.

Location: Quincy Massachusetts USA
Date: 1934, March 19
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055208
Launch of the USS Hancock (CV-19) at Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts

In preparation to launch the aircraft carrier,USS Hancock (DV-19) shipyard workers (Riggers) at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, remove key supports from under her hull. On the upper side, workers use timber battering rams to loosen supports, while below, others use ropes to lower them. The platform at the ship's bow is covered in patriotic bunting. The ship begins to move down the ways, stern first, into the water. As she floats away, tugboats standby to assist.

Location: Quincy Massachusetts USA
Date: 1944, January 24
Duration: 4 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055341
Mrs. T.D. Robinson christens the 5th USS Lexington, at Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts

Launch of the aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-16) in World War 2 at Fore River Shipyard, Quincy,Massachusetts, United States. The decorated aircraft carrier stands in the dock. A sign reads 'The navy wants this ship to replace the Lexington. Let's go. Fore River!' Several sailors who served on the 4th USS Lexington, are present for the launching. Mrs. T.D. Robinson, who also christened the 4th USS Lexington, does the honors for the newest one, and the aircraft carrier glides down the ways into Boston Harbor.

Location: Quincy Massachusetts United States USA
Date: 1942, September 26
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033547
Band plays and large crowd gathers for the launch of the USS Hancock (CV-19) at Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts

Celebration for the launch of the U.S. Aircraft carrier USS Hanock (CV-19) at Bethlehem Steel Shipyards, Fore Rive, Massachusetts. Band plays on the pier. Band members dressed in white. Large crowd on the pier. Views from the deck of the USS Hancock as she goes down the ways during launch.

Location: Quincy Massachusetts USA
Date: 1944, January 24
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055342
Equestrian statue of General George Henry Thomas by John Quincy Adams Ward in Thomas Circle Washington DC.

Equestrian statue of General George Henry Thomas by sculptor, John Quincy Adams Ward, in Washington, DC. It was erected in 1879, at Thomas Circle, where Massachusetts Avenue, Vermont Avenue, 14th Street, and M Street, NW, converge. The National City Christian Church can be seen on the circle, in the background.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1949
Duration: 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044868
Public safety projects being constructed and developed by WPA workers to build better cities in Massachusetts, United States.

Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects to build better cities in Massachusetts, United States during the Great Depression. Testing of steering ability by a test operator provided by WPA. Traffic signs and street lights being erected by WPA workers. City's elevated system being constructed by them. Methods of preventing silicosis among granite workers being tested at Quincy. Breeches buoy rescue practice being conducted by the Coast Guard on Cape Cod.

Location: Massachusetts United States USA
Date: 1937
Duration: 1 min 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045139
<< Previous | Page:1 2 3 ... 4203 | Next >>