Congressional medal of valor being presented in Seattle, Washington. Sailors lined up on board a ship off the coast of Seattle, Washington. Lieutenant Arthur W. Davis, Commander of Coast Guard cutter Red wing. Lieutenant Davis being presented the Congressional medal of valor on board the ship for saving lives of 16 sailors during a storm.
The S.S. "Queen" docked at Seattle, Washington, boarding prospective miners bound for the gold fields of Yukon territory, Canada, during the Klondike Gold Rush. Would-be miners crowd the decks of the ship and the dock. They carry personal belongings, supplies and tools. (Edison Company,filmed August 6, 1897, in Seattle, Washington)
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.
United States Army Air Service (USAAS) Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) fly over a mountainous region in the United States. Three DWCs take off. A small crowd in the foreground. Six DWCs in flight. American flag flies from a flagpole. A DWC flies over hangars and lands in an open field. Two DWCs fly above scattered clouds. A cloud layer between mountain oaks. The wing of a Airco DH-4M airplane is visible. A DWC flying over a mountain range. Two DWCs fly over a mountain range. Three DWCs in flight over Seattle, Washington. Views of the Columbia River. USAAS Airco DH-4M in flight over Seattle River. A DWC in flight. Mt. Shasta in the background. Views of Seattle as an airplane ( Airco DH-4) performs barrel rolls over the city. Aerial views of heavy smoke rising from a forest fire in a mountainous region.
Seattle, Washington. View of the water front from Puget Sound. Steamers connecting with Alaska, South America, Australia and the Orient ready to leave the port as smoke rises from their exhaust pipes.
A film titled 'The Life and Death of The USS Hornet' dedicated to the workers of America's shipyards and war plants during World War II. The Capitol building in Washington DC. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt gathered at press conference to announce the bombing of Tokyo Japan by Doolittle Raid forces in April 1942. Reporters run out to phones and typewriters. A man at NBC microphone in 1943. The headlines of newspapers read 'Japs Murder Doolittle's Fliers'. American people in groups and families listen to radio broadcasts, gathered at work and in living rooms around radios to hear the radio news. They buy newspapers at newsstands. Headline of newspaper reads "Carrier Hornet was Shangri-La". Workers at shipyard, factories, machine shops. Men and women war workers of varying ages and races, including white, Japanese-American, and African-American seen welding, machining, and working to buld the ship and its parts. Scenes from the launching of USS Hornet CV-8 in December 14, 1940, with sponsor Annie Reid Knox at the launching.
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