Anti-submarine warfare exercises in United States. USS Lake Champlain (CVS -39) underway. U.S. Navy aircraft S2F on flight deck. HSS-1 helicopter in flight. USS Hazelwood (DD-531) underway. USS Lake Champlain with a destroyer ship. Radar antenna in motion aboard the USS Hazelwood. U.S. Navy Destroyers underway. USS Abbott (DD-629) leads the column of Destroyer ships.
Anti-submarine warfare exercises in United States. U.S. Navy S2F Anti-submarine warfare aircraft in flight. USS Norfolk (DL-1) underway. HSS-1 helicopter hovers over the water. MAD (magnetic anomaly detector) gear is extended. Sonar system used. USS Rooks (DD-804) drops depth charges. Explosions in water on the back of the ship. Destroyer ships underway. Weapon Alpha fired. Splashes in the water near USS Norfolk (DL-1). Drone Anti-submarine (DASH) helicopter in flight. Aircraft AD-5W and P2V-7 in flight. USS Decatur underway.
U.S. Navy aircraft on air station in United States. Observation Tower on airfield. Signals given to guide and warn aircraft. Aerographer checks weather. Aircraft mechanics work on aircraft. Bomber aircraft towed from water. Training given to students at Naval Air Station. Aircraft with dual controls used in training students. Pilots and co-pilots in cockpit of aircraft.
Air race in Washington DC, United States. Spectators gathered on the field to watch the air race. Admiral Moffett among the spectators. Planes in flight. Race between U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine aircraft for Curtiss Marine Trophy.
Aircraft Carrier Operations. The U.S. Navy biplane takes off from turret of a battleship in United States. Plane in flight over water. Sailors aboard the battleship. Biplane hoisted aboard ship. U.S. Navy's first aircraft carrier USS Langley (CV-1) underway. Preparations made before landing. Mast lowered on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier. Smokestacks lowered. First landing aboard USS Langley. Several aircraft land on flight deck of aircraft carrier. Men aboard USS Langley. 'USS Langley' marked on the planes. A landing mishap.
British books being preserved from destruction during World War 2. Images from May 13, 1933 when twenty five thousand books were burned by Nazis in Germany on orders from Hitler. The book-burning included many classics of literature. Aerial view of London buildings burning at night from Nazi blitz raid during Battle of Britain. Books and important records being preserved by British as they transfer them to film, with one page of each book recorded to one frame of film, so that an entire book can be captured on a small roll of film. View of books copied onto motion picture film one page at a time by a British man. View of U.S. military personnel reviewing motion picture film used to image letters sent to troops via V-mail during the war. Narrator states that the filming process followed by the British is similar to the American mail filming process.The films being looked at by a man. Men pack the films in boxes for shipment to the United States. Wooden boxes being lifted by ship crane for transport. Exterior street view of United States Library of Congress building where the films are being kept. Librarian checking and stamping each film on arrival. Film being viewed on a large microfilm viewer. The description of each film on cards placed in the library card catalog. View of the original preservation films being filed and stored in shelves in the basement of the Library of Congress.
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