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U.S. aviators are welcomed at different places during their journey around the world.

A flight around the world. A globe rotates. U.S. President Calvin Coolidge bids goodbye to army airmen. The President and Major General Mason Patrick and the fliers on a lawn of the White House, Washington DC. The journey starts from Seattle, Washington. Douglas World Cruisers ( DWC ) in flight. The DWCs parked in a bay. A forest in the background. They arrive at Chignik Bay, Alaska. The aircraft in flight. An iceberg. Lieutenant Lowell Smith stands on one of the pontoons and works with propellers on his DWC. The DWCs in flight from America to Asia. The aviators are welcomed by Japanese officials in Yetorufu, Japan. Japanese children playing in a school yard. A child has a Japanese and a U.S. flag, one in each hand. They reach Hong Kong, China. A fleet of native junks to welcome them. In Calcutta, India , a DWC taxis on water. A large number of people gather around a DWC. A crane lifts a DWC out of water. The aviators land in Constantinople. People around the aircraft. They reach Paris, France.. Aerial views of the city. Mrs. Maclaren congratulates the airmen in London, England. The crew of USS Richmond cheers the aviators. The aviators board their aircraft from a small boat. People watch as the aircraft land in Labrador, Canada. The DWCs are anchored in a bay and the aviators are brought to the shore in a boat. Naval officers greet them. The aircraft in flight over the Boston skyline. A motor launch in Boston Harbor. The DWCs land on water. The aviators arrive at the dock in the motor launch and are greeted by officials. They fly over New York. A large crowd greets the aviators at Mitchel Field, Long Island. They arrive at Bolling Field in Washington and are congratulated by President Coolidge and U.S. Secretary of War John Wingate Weeks. The three DWCs are followed by an XNBL-1 Barling bomber in flight in Dayton. Lt. Jack Harding is welcomed home. The world flight ends in Seattle, Washington. Photographers click pictures as a DWC lands. Major Martin greets aviators standing beside a DWC.

Date: 1924
Duration: 10 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051084
Japanese attack Hawaii islands in United States during World War 2, and U.S. response to attack.

A film titled 'Jap-US at war' shows Japanese diplomats leave the venue of the diplomatic talks in Washington DC in United States, soon after Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii islands. Secretary of State, Cordell Hull also leaves the building. President Roosevelt is seen. Japanese troops prepare for war. Japanese troops in mainland Japan board trains as crowds of Japanese citizens wave Japanese flags and cheer for their troops leaving for war. Scenes of Diamond Head in Hawaii in peaceful times are shown, including buildings, people on beaches with sunbathers and fast small boats with outriggers in the surf. City streets in Honolulu Hawaii are shown with cars and shops and view of Aloha Tower lighthouse in background. Japanese planes drop bombs over Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. United States Presidential Secretary Stephen Early tells the press of Japanese attack and the damage suffered by America. People in American cities read newspapers and scrolling lit sign (likely Times Square New York) with news about Japanese attack as the lead story. American citizens buying newspapers describing the attack at newsstands. U.S. troops march in front of War Department - Navy munitions building in Washington DC. Night time view of soldiers on guard in Washington DC. Sailors return to battle stations. U.S. Navy sailors boarding ships of U.S. Navy bound for battle. Brief scenes from American ports in Guam and Wake Island. Biplanes launched via catapult from U.S. Navy ships and then seen flying over Navy ships in formation as narrator encourages Americans to work together and put aside differences to win the war. Overhead view of a U.S. Navy ship passing under a bridge with deck busy with sailors and operations.

Date: 1941, December 8
Duration: 6 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037910
Jones Beach on Long Island, New York, and its Coast Guard Station

Aerial view of Jones Beach on Long Island, New York, and its modern access highway. Spectators with in high stadium seating on both sides of a Jones Beach swimming pool to watch swimmers race. Closeup of the swimmers in their respective lanes competing. Closeup of one swimmer. View of crowd in the stands. Change of scene shows a woman from the back, poised, and then executing a swan dive from a high platform. The beach and seashore are in the background. Scene shifts to below the platform as a man dives from it into the water. The Jones Beach water tower is seen in the background. A sailing regatta is seen. a triple funnel steam ship underway in waters off Jones Beach. A sign identifies the United States Coast Guard Jones Beach Station. Views of that station build of brick and stone consistent with Jones Beach architecture. Closeup of the station. A lifeboat being taken from the boathouse be a tractor that takes it down to the beach for launching. Responding to call from a further point on the beach, a lifeboat and 6 crew members are transported by a small pickup truck that carries the crew in its open cargo space and trailers the boat. View of them driving along the highway. Next, they drive onto the beach near the water's edge.

Date: 1935
Duration: 2 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049572
Luncheon at Bolling AFB celebrating the 1929 flight endurance record of Fokker airplane named Question Mark, and 1963 speed record of a B-58 bomber.

Opening scene shows large group of retired Air Force officers seated at a number of tables in the Bolling Air Force Base Officers' Club. Closeups of General Carl Spaatz, Lieutenant General Ira Eaker, Lieutenant General James Ferguson (Deputy chief of staff for research and development at Headquarters Air Force), and Major Sidney J. Kubesch (who, in October 1963, was aircraft commander of the B-58 bomber that set a speed record, flying 8,028 miles from Tokyo to London in 8 hours, 35 minutes and 20.4 seconds). Old time aviators, Colonel Harry Halverson and aviation mechanic, Sergeant Roy Hooe, who both flew on the Question Mark, are also seen. Closeup of a model B-58 Hustler bomber sitting on a luncheon table. Closeup of a model of the Fokker C-2A "Question Mark" next to old log book. ( This clip also shows two unidentified women participating in the luncheon.)

Date: 1964, January 29
Duration: 2 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675027444
Japanese actions leading to 2nd Sino-Japanese war and attack on United States at Pearl Harbor in World War II

Japanese army officers examining foreign military equipment. A Japanese worker employing electric drill developed in a Western country. The Japanese freighter, Tatsuno Maru, loading scrap iron at a port in the United States. Other Japanese freighters loading coal and oil for shipment back to Japan. View of the Washington Naval Conference in Memorial Continental Hall, Washington, DC, held in 1921-22 and again in 1927 and 1930, to deal with several lingering issues. Glimpse of Japanese people holding flags while gathered near the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Glimpse of Japanese army troops on parade. Japanese Navy warships at sea. A fleet of Japanese Mitsubishi G3M bombers and Nakajima Ki-27 pursuit planes, parked on an airfield. A loose formation of Ki-27s airborne. Animated map illustrates Japanese fortification of Mariana, Caroline, and Marshall islands in the Pacific. Animated map illustrating China's greater size and population vis-a-vis Japan. Animated map illustrating Japanese occupation of Manchuria in 1931. New York Times newspaper with headline "Japs Seize Manchuria" hovers over fires burning in Manchuria. Other newspaper headlines reporting on Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia; the Spanish civil war; surrender of Czechoslovakia; invasion of Poland; assaults on France, Belgium, and the Netherlands by Nazi Germany; the London Blitz; and Nazi advances against Russia on the Eastern Front. Fnally, a Boston Hearald extra edition headline reports: "Pearl Harbor Bombed." A still photograph of Japanese Baron Tanaka Giichi (on left) with two other dignitaries, circa 1929. Japanese infantry streaming into Manchuria and then celebrating as they walk into local town. A busy street in a Chinese city. Japanese soldiers in Manchuria escorting local prisoners along a street. Animated map illustrating Japananese warships surrounding harbor of Shanghai, China. View from a Japanese ship bombarding Shanghai. Smoke rising from shell striking on Shanghai waterfront. View from land of severely damaged buildings on a street, and a shell exploding in background, as Chinese defenders move to successfully repel the Japanese forces. New map illustrates subsequent Japanese move, annexing Jehol, from occupied Manchukuo, and Korea. Japanese troops entering a town in Jehol. Sun newspaper headline: "League Censures Japan." Chinese diplomat protesting at League of Nations. Japanese troops exiting railroad trains in Jehol. Aisin Gioro Puyi aka Henry Pu Yi, Kangde Emperor (Kang-te Emperor) of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo, is seen saluting Japanese troops on parade. Closeup of Puyi wearing shaded glasses, looking directly into the camera. chiang Kai-shek, with other Chinese officers. Reenactment of barbarian forces riding against China and thwarted by the Great Wall. Many Chinese walking in a long line along the Great Wall. Map tracing the Great Wall across China. Aerial view of the Great Wall from overflying airplane. Japanese troops marching through a city gate; infantry climbing a sheer cliff; and helmeted Japanese soldiers marching past civilians in a city. Map illustrated progress of Chinese unification by year 1937. Japanese officers conferring during occupation. Japanese troops leave a barracks, riding in open trucks. A line of the troop trucks moving along the dirt street of a town. The troops climb from their trucks in the town.

Date: 1941
Duration: 3 min 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025181
Lincoln Memorial, McMillan Plan and Cherry Blossoms in Washington DC, United States.

View of Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. McMillan plan of 1901. President Abraham Lincoln's statue at the Lincoln Memorial (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20002). Cherry Blossoms at Tidal Basin on the bank of Potomac River in Washington DC.

Date: 1929
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025679