Chorus girl dancers, of the Ziegfield Follies chorus line, rehearsing a routine on the stage of a theater. The routine includes a number of coordinated high kicks and some intricate coordinated hand movements. View from stage level and then from high above the stage. The dancers are dressed informally in workout clothing.
On May 8, 1919 three Navy-Curtiss three-engine flying boats, the NC-1 commanded by Patrick N.L. Bellinger, the NC-3 commanded by John H. Towers and NC-4 commanded by Albert C. Read, take off from the Rockaway Beach Naval Air Station on first leg of transatlantic flight. Aircraft are readied for flight. Sailors hand supplies to crewman on NC-4. Sailors scramble all over NC-3 handling last minute preparations. Naval Commander John H. Towers, in charge of the expedition, poses for a picture. NC-1 in the water with line to a ship. Officers on board ship release weather balloon. NC-3 taxis out in the water and accelerates for takeoff, followed by NC-4, later seen airborne. NC-1 taxis out and is seen airborne. Views of the NC flying boats aloft.
The U.S. naval torpedo testing range in Montauk, Long Island. A man aboard a barge underway at sea looking through an instrument. A torpedo being launched from the barge. An airplane in flight overhead. A boat underway. Explosion in the water.
Seaplanes being launched and retrieved from water at the beach in Montauk, Long Island during World War II. Crewmen standing at the beach. A Curtiss SO3C Seamew is launched from a ramp into the water. A bi-plane is eased down the ramp into the water. A US Navy OS2U Kingfisher is towed back up the ramp after returning from flight.
The trajectory of a torpedo traveling through the water is monitored at test waters off Montauk, Long Island. The torpedo passes by observation boats stationed in the water.
A torpedo shop in Montauk, Long Island. Men working at the beach. A torpedo being hoisted. Interior of a torpedo shop. Men working inside the shop. Torpedoes on platform outside the factory.
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