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United States President John F Kennedy aboard USGS (United States Coast Guard Ship) Eagle in Washington DC.

USGS (United States Coast Guard Ship ) Eagle in Washington DC. United States President John F. Kennedy welcomes the barque after its summer cruise from Europe. U.S. cadets on the barque. President Kennedy shakes hands with the sailors aboard. President Kennedy on the wheel with the Captain standing beside him.

Date: 1962, August 16
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063614
Men and women come out with various ideas to escape from a heat wave in the United States.

A heat wave in the United States. A large crowd gathered around a pond in a city. People bathe on the streets to escape the heat using showers and hoses from fire hydrant systems. Women seated at a desk converses with a man. A man makes a small fan inside his hat to save himself from the heat.

Date: 1937, August 16
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063619
The Federal and State Highway Crew open mountain passes in Sisters, Oregon with dynamite and giant plows.

Snow plows used to open mountain passes in Sisters, Oregon. The Federal and State Highway Crew open roads for summer traffic. They work with dynamite and giant plows to open the roads. A machine drills through snow. A crew member places a dynamite stick in a hole.

Date: 1937, July 5
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063627
Amelia Earhart takes off from NAS Oakland, on first leg of her round-the-world flight.

Amelia Earhart and her crew take off from the U.S. Naval Air Station, Oakland, California, to begin their flight around the world. Views from another aircraft as their Lockheed Electra flies low over Western Span of the Bay Bridge and San Francisco, heading West toward the Pacific Ocean. Scene on the ground, several days earlier, Paul Mantz and Amelia Earhart Putnam converse, as he secures a dzuz fastener on the aircraft fuselage. Mechanic Bo McKneely helps Earhart step from the wing of the airplane. She talks with husband, George P. Putnam. Paul Mantz, talks with Earhart and George Putnam while Bo McKneely refuels the Lockheed Electra. In final scenes, ground crew pushes the Lockheed Electra into a Hangar at the Naval Air Station.

Date: 1937, March 17
Duration: 1 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063652
Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan airborne in the Lockheed Electra checking navigation equipment and procedures

Preparations for Amelia Earhart's trip around the world in her Lockheed Electra airplane. Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan in flight, checking navigation equipment and procedures in the air. Aerial views from another aircraft of the Lockheed Electra over the Oakland Bridge and other landmarks. The aircraft is seen landing and taking off at the U.S. Naval Air Station, Oakland, California

Date: 1937, March 13
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063653
Amelia Earhart takes off on her flight around the world. Preparations prior to the flight.

Amelia Earhart takes off from the U.S. Naval Air Station in Oakland, California in her Lockheed Electra aircraft, to begin her round-the-world flight. The runway and ramp contain small puddles of water from a recent rain shower. Aerial views from another airplane of the Lockheed Electra as it flies over the Oakland area of California. View of Oakland Bay Bridge.(These were probably shot on March 13th during their checkout flight.) In separate scenes, prior to departure, on the ground, Amelia talks with her husband, George P. Putnam.

Date: 1937, March 17
Duration: 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063654