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USS Lexington (CV-16) is attacked in Manila, Philippines; Pilots inspected aboard USS Ticonderoga.

A strafing attack on U.S. Navy ship USS Lexington (CV-16) by Japanese planes off the coast of Manila, Philippines during World War II. A Japanese plane in flight and flak in the sky. Plane moves towards water in a dive and hits the water with a large explosion. U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Lexington (CV-16) under Japanese air attack. A Japanese kamikaze aircraft dives and hits the aircraft carrier. Next scene shows U.S. Navy ship Captain Dixie Kiefer and Admiral A. W. Radford walk down the flight deck of USS Ticonderoga (CV-14 )and inspect pilots. Aircraft in background on the deck. Captain Kiefer and Admiral Radford on the bridge.

Date: 1944, November 5
Duration: 2 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055359
Wright Brothers give first public demonstration of their Wright flyer in Le Mans, France.

Officials and interested spectators fill the stands at Hunaudieres race course, near Le Mans, France, to watch a demonstration of a Wright Flyer airplane. Wilbur Wright places a large wheel under the aircraft as he and his team prepare a Model A Wright Flyer, for movement.Horses are seen towing it across a field. A man checks the planes launching track. Closeup of men maneuvering the aircraft into position on the launching track. Next, several of them are seen pulling together on a rope to raise a heavy weight up a small tower, to provide the launching power for the airplane. Next, two men pull the propellers through to start the Flyer’s engine. A passenger is already seated as Wilbur Wright climbs aboard and puts his hands and feet on the plane’s controls. View of the launching weight dropping to the ground and causing the Flyer to accelerate along its track and take off. A group of officials, wearing white armbands, watch the takeoff and the Flyer as Wilbur Wright maneuvers it skillfully above the race track grounds. Complete change of scene shows U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt on a platform, covered with a huge American flag. He is giving a speech. Scene shifts back again to Le Mans, where the Wright Flyer is still maneuvering all about in the air, above the grounds. Scene shifts again to World War I. American volunteer flyers with the French Lafayette Escadrille are seen in flight gear, by their Spad airplanes (marked with their distinctive Indian in head dress logo). They run to their respective planes and board them. View of the Spad airplanes with engines running and then taxiing out for takeoff.

Date: 1908, August 8
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055378
Palletized aircraft propeller is being loaded aboard C-141A Starlifter aircraft in Philippines.

Activities at NAS (Naval Air Station) Cubi Point in Philippines. A worker drives a forklift carrying the Palletized aircraft propeller on a airline. Crewmen inspects the propeller. Crewmen gives direction. The Palletized aircraft propeller is being loaded aboard C-141A Starlifter aircraft.

Date: 1979, February 9
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055615
U.S. President Dwight D Eisenhower arrives in London and being greeted by Queen Elizabeth at Balmoral Castle

United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower tours the United Kingdom. President Eisenhower gets off a United States Military Air Transport Service (MATS) aircraft at London Airport, present day London Heathrow Airport (Longford TW6, United Kingdom). Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Harold Macmillan and other officers receives Eisenhower at the airport. A large crowd of British civilians waves at the President. Honor guards lined. President tours the city in a motorcade. Civilians stand on either side of the streets to greet him. View of Balmoral Castle (Balmoral Estates, Ballater AB35 5TB, UK). Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret receives President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Macmillan.

Date: 1959, August 31
Duration: 2 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055673
U.S. President John F. Kennedy and former President Eisenhower confer on the Cuban Crisis at Camp David, Maryland.

John F Kennedy confers with Dwight D Eisenhower on the Cuban Crisis at Camp David, Maryland. John F Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, arrives by a helicopter. Dwight D Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States, also arrives by air. The two Presidents greet each other. Photographers click their photos. They walk towards a house for a conference. Other officers stand behind them. They get into a car and move.

Date: 1961, April 29
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055696
The leaders of African nations including Egypt, Ghana, Morocco and Algeria at the African summit meeting in Casablanca, Morocco

African summit meeting in Casablanca, Morocco. Gamal Abdel Nasser President of Egypt arrives by a yacht. King Mohammed V of Morocco receives President Nasser. Civilians cheer and greet the President. Kwame Nkrumah, leader of Ghana and Algerian leader Ferhat Abbas arrive by air. King Mohammed V receives them. The leaders and the President at around table meeting.

Date: 1961, January 9
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055700