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Vessels pass under the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge in New York. Views of the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge from Fort Wadsworth

Boats and ships in the "The Narrows" (tidal strait for Hudson River between Upper and Lower New York Bay) in New York. They pass under The Verrazzano Narrows Bridge. Ground Level views of the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge from Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island.

Date: 1965
Duration: 2 min 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033337
The priests of the church spray holy water on automobiles for the long life at Shrine Church of St. Christopher in New York.

Automobiles blessed by priests of Shrine Church of St. Christopher (130 Midland Ave, Staten Island, NY 10306, United States) in New York. A board of Shrine Church of St. Christopher, patron saint of motorist confraternity. The priest of the church stands at the entrance gate with other members of the church. A long line of automobile passes from the Shrine Church of St. Christopher, patron saint of motorist confraternity. The priests of the church spray holy water for the long life of the machines.

Date: 1935, July 29
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033888
Firefighter, boats hamper water on fire caught by a pier in Staten Island, United States.

A pier made of bales of natural rubber on fire in Staten Island, United States. Flames of fire rise. Firefighters arrive on site. Firemen hamper water pressure to blow fire. Cloud of smoke arises from pier. A ship splashes water over fire. A helicopter in flight. Aerial view of burning pier.

Date: 1967, March 28
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026438
U.S. rocket experimenters launch the world's first liquid fueled rocket in the United States.

Launching of first liquid fuel rocket on a Staten Island New York beach in 1933. U.S. rocket experimenters including George Edward Pendray launch the first liquid fuel missile. They prepare for launching of the rocket and fill fuel of rocket which is powered with gasoline and liquid oxygen. Missile being launched and its fuel tank explodes due to over heating. Rocket crashes down on beach. Experimenters stand with pieces of the broken rocket. From a November 10, 1958 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.

Date: 1933
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071118
Visual saga of the American Soldier from 1945 to 1970: WWII; Korea; Berlin Crisis;Cuban Missile Crisis; Red China

Review of conflicts involving U.S. from World War 2 to 1970. A U.S. soldier with rifle and binoculars, on guard. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler speaks in Germany to mass audience. German mobilization and blitzkrieg. U.S. troops firing small arms on island in Pacific, battling Japanese. U.S. soldiers on half-track firing artillery. Explosive destruction of Nazi swastika and Eagle symbol on top of building in Zeppelin Field, Nuremberg, Germany. General Douglas MacArthur stands as Japanese General signs surrender documents aboard USS Missouri, ending World War II. Times Square in New York City on Victory over Japan Day (VJ Day) marking end of World War 2. American troops firing artillery and small arms in Korean War. Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev speaking at the United Nations. Newspaper headlines about postwar Berlin Crisis. Soviet missiles on display in military parade in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union. Soviet General Georgy Zhukov and Nikita Khrushchev, at Kremlin, reviewing the parade. Cuban President Fidel Castro giving a speech. A newspaper headline reading: "Khrushchev orders removal of missiles" ending the Cuban Missile Crisis. Soviet cargo ship with covered missiles on its deck. Red flag with image of Lenin and message: 'Partido Communista Dominicano' and a crowd chanting support for the Communist party in the Dominican Republic. Communist Chinese people marching with massed flags in the People’s Republic of China. Chairman Mao Zedong waving to a crowd of young supporters and Red Guards in China as they chant. A United States soldier in South Vietnam during Vietnam War looks through binoculars and then walks carrying his M-16 rifle. A map of Vietnam.

Date: 1969
Duration: 1 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054811
Plastic aircraft blisters in Teckna Plastic Co Long Island New York.

Interior of Teckna Plastic Company in Bayside Long Island New York. Man polishing plastic aircraft blisters .Woman measuring openings in blisters. 13 July 1945.

Date: 1945, July 13
Duration: 2 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035749