The United States Navy battle fleet nicknamed 'Great White Fleet' that completed a circumnavigation of the globe, underway at sea in the North Atlantic Ocean. USS New Jersey underway at sea. Life boats hanging from the ship. American flag flutters atop a mast on USS New Jersey.
Mock H Bomb attack to check Civil Defense in Washington DC during the Cold War. View of the Civil Defense Administration building. Workers in the building reacting to a mock alert of an impending atomic or nuclear attack. Woman in a control center takes readings over the phone. Warning signals being flashed on a large map of United States. Siren sounded with 'Chrysler Air Raid Siren' written on it. Police and Civil Defense team clear the streets. Officers are air lifted to secret centers from where they will administer security plans. Helicopters lifting off from grounds of the Pentagon in Arlington Viriginia near Washington DC to "evacuate" essential personnel. Officer stands on an empty street of New York City. Many parked buses are among the vehicles nearby. People seen at the base of a stairs at the entrance to the New York City subway. Traffic moves on the road after air raid signal has been sounded.
American aviator Charles A. Lindbergh arrives aboard USS Memphis (CL-13) at the Washington Navy Yard, Washington D.C. upon his return from Europe to the United States following his pioneering trans-Atlantic solo aircraft flight. He comes down the gangplank and is greeted by a phalanx of officials. They drive Lindbergh away in an open car. Two days later, June 13, 1927, the scene shifts to New York harbor, where there is a virtual traffic jam of ships and boats of all sizes and shapes, assembled to greet Lindbergh. Fireboats salute with streams of water as Lindberg arrives (as backseat passenger) in a seaplane from Mitchel Field on Long Island. The seaplane is seen flying over the harbor,and descending to land. The seaplane is seen in the water amongst the flotilla of vessels, as. Lindbergh is picked up by a police launch that takes him to the ship Macom, where he is helped aboard by passengers. (He almost falls into the water while stepping from the launch to the ship.) Lindbergh waves from the deck of the Macom, as they proceed in a parade of vessels toward a Manhattan pier. Upon arriving, Lindbergh is hustled into an open car and driven away surrounded by New york City policemen,including mounted police, who escort the car through mobs of spectators. Police form lines to hold back enthusiastic admirers. The car proceeds along a city street where cheering spectators jam the sidewalks and office workers create a virtual storm of ticker tape and confetti from their windows high above the street.
Company F of the1st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, U.S. Army, initiates a new soldier in Tampa, Florida. A group of men bounces a recruit up and down on a blanket. Nineteen times he bounces on the blanket. This is an initiative by Company F of the 1st Ohio Volunteers during the Spanish-American War to welcome a new recruit to their unit. (Edison Company, 1898)
The Detroit News Balloon Race in Dearborn, Michigan. Balloons ascend near a mooring mast during the Detroit News Balloon Race.
A balloon race for the Detroit News Ballooning Trophy in Detroit, Michigan. A half filled balloon on the field. A few men beside the airfield. Aerial views of the balloons moored to the ground and the people spread over the field. A balloon piloted by W.C.Naylor and Kenneth Warren released and lifts off into the sky. 'Skylark' written on the envelope of the balloon. Another Army Air Service balloon piloted by Lieutenant Max Moyer and Lieutenant W E Huffman released and lifts off. A balloon piloted by Charles D Williams, Jr, and Arthur G Schlosser with Dr Geo M LeGallee lifts off. A balloon piloted by J.A.Boettner and W W Morton with H W Maxson lifts off. View of the balloon piloted by S A U Rasmussen, E J Hill and S A Mitchell lifting off from the field and who were the winners of the trophy. 'Detroit News Trophy Race' written on the envelope of the balloon.
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