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Burning American oil supply dump at Puruata Island in Bougainville.

Shows a burning American oil supply dump destroyed in a Japanese air raid at Puruata Island in Empress Augusta Bay,Bougainville. American troops of the 37th Division put off the fire using water hoses. A bombed 90mm American gun position. (World War II period).

Date: 1943, November 20
Duration: 1 min 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675029164
American troops wave as they disembark from a transport ship in England during World War I.

American troops arrive at a dock in England via a transport ship during World War I. The troops disembark the ship waving their hands and hats in air. A soldier pops out from a small window of the ship.

Date: 1918
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675029199
New York Airways launches helicopter flights in Manhattan, New York

New York Airways inaugurate a new helicopter air service in New York City shuttling between New York City airports and the heart of Metropolitan New York. Men stand in front of the helicopter before boarding. Passengers boarding the helicopter flight. A New York Airways helicopter taking off from the West 30th Street Heliport in West Manhattan, New York City.

Date: 1958, May 29
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029302
U.S. aviatrix Amelia Earhart arriving in Oakland California after solo flight from Honolulu, Hawaii

Scenes of Amelia Earhart taxiing her Lockheed Vega 5B airplane to the ramp, at Oakland Airport, on January 12, 1935, having left Wheeler Field, Honolulu the day before. This completed her solo flight from Honolulu, Hawaii (the first person to successfully accomplish such a transpacific flight). Crowds her airplane as she taxis in, and parks near a hangar of the U.S. Naval Air Station. Amelia stands in the cockpit of her airplane, holding a bouquet of flowers, as crowds mill about on the ramp beneath. Change of scene shows Amelia standing on a steel platform, of the airport tower, with her husband, George Putnam. Closeups of Amelia.

Date: 1935, January 12
Duration: 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029459
German airplane shot down after it attacked an observation balloon near Montfaucon in France on October 3, 1918.

German airplane attacks an observation balloon near Montfaucon in France on October 3, 1918 . The observer drops in a parachute from the balloon. Antiaircraft guns and machines guns are fired at the approaching enemy plane to protect the balloon. The balloon explodes in flames and crashes to earth. The German air plane is shot down. Shows the wrecked plane and its pilot under officer Hans Heinrick Marwede. (World War I. World War 1. WWI. WW1)

Date: 1918, October 3
Duration: 5 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029598
Men lay telephone lines across countryside in United States.

Horse carriages move down a road at countryside in United States. Telephone cables are transported in a circular box on a tracked vehicle. Man on a telephone pole works on telephone lines. Man splices the telephones cables and joins them. He applies hot lead at the wire-joints. Man tests for air holes in the cables to prevent moisture to enter.

Date: 1928
Duration: 3 min 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029613