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U.S. pilots in cockpits of B-25 bombers as they take off from USS Hornet for the Tokyo raid in Japan under Lt Colonel Doolittle

Scenes aboard the USS Hornet (CV-8) as the Doolittle Raid begins. B-25 bombers prepare for the raid on Tokyo, Japan. U.S. pilots stand in a group on the deck of USS Hornet . U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell on the deck. Insignia of the United States. Pilots in the cockpit of B-25 Mitchells. The planes, heavy with bombs, taxi slowly and take off from the deck, bound for Tokyo. (World War II period).

Location: Japan
Date: 1942, April
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033836
Various "firsts" in U.S. aviation history from 1918 through 1924; early history of flight and vintage flight scenes

Shows several aviation "firsts" accomplished by U.S. Army Air Service aviators in the period from 1918 through 1924. A close formation of biplanes in flight. President and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson chat with Major Fleet, Officer in charge, on the occasion of the first air mail flight, inaugurated on May 15,1918 between Washington DC and New York.The mail is loaded into the Curtis JN-4 aircraft. Pilot in the cockpit. The aircraft takes off and in flight. Air Service. Mention of aviators helping spot forest fires. Smoke rising from forest fires and mountain ranges. In 1920, U.S. Army Captain St. Clair Streett is seen with some of his Squadron who flew four De Havilland DH-4 aircraft 9,000 miles, from New York City to Nome, Alaska. Two of the men play with pet dogs. Their itinerary is painted on the side of one of the aircraft, along with the names of pilot and mechanic (C.E. Crumline and J.E. Long). In 1923 the first non stop coast-to-coast flight was made in the Fokker T-2 aircraft. . A sign on the aircraft reads 'Army Air Service non stop coast to coast'.First Lieutenants Oakley O.Kelly and John A. Macready board the aircraft, at Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York, on May 2, 1923. Their Fokker T-2 in flight. Their arrival at Rockwell Field, on Coronado Island (San Diego) California. In 1924, Lt. Russell Maughan is seen boarding his P-1 Hawk airplane at Mitchel Field, on Long Island, New York, and taking off , bound for Crissy Field at the Presidio, San Francisco, California. His goal is the first dawn-to-dusk, coast-to-coast flight. Views of his P-1 Hawk airplane flying over Manhattan, New York City.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1920
Duration: 2 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033857
U.S. Army aircraft provide food to snowbound Navajo Indians in Arizona.

U.S. Army Curtiss B-2 Condor bombers being used for humanitarian purpose. Food being packed into the airplanes and delivered to snow bound Navajo Native American Indian people in Arizona. Men load bags of food in a plane. Men look at a map and chart the route with the help of an Indian guide. Aircraft in flight over a snowy region. Shadows of the planes visible on the snow. On the ground, food is distributed to the Navajo families.

Location: Arizona United States USA
Date: 1932, January
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033863
U.S. Army Air Service Lt. Cyrus Bettis wins the Pulitzer Trophy at the International Air Races, Mitchel Field, New York

U.S. Army pilot Lieutenant Cyrus Bettis gets out of his Curtiss R3C-1 racer airplane after winning the Pulitzer Trophy Race and setting a new world speed record of 249.3 miles per hour in the International Air Races at Mitchel Field, New York. He is congratulated by U.S. Army Air Service Major T. G. Lanphier.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1925, October 12
Duration: 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033879
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the Pan American Union in Washington DC.

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt warns the American nations to be prepared during an address in Washington DC. He addresses the leaders of the Pan American Union on its 50th anniversary. He says that the 21 American Republics must be prepared to 'meet forces with forces' and warns dictator nations that 'who touches one of us touches all'.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1940, April 15
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033951
John F. Kennedy announces resumption of U.S. nuclear weapons testing during a speech in Washington DC.

United States President John Fitzgerald Kennedy delivers a speech in Washington DC.on the subject of Nuclear Deterrence. President Kennedy seated on a podium and delivers his speech. He speaks into the microphone. A flag of United States on the stage. He talks about the nuclear weapons. Kennedy emphasizes on maintaining the quality and quantity of nuclear weapons so that America can survive nuclear attacks and have a credible deterrent.. He notes that there had been an agreed upon moratorium on Nuclear weapons testing. But, that the Soviet Union, abandoned that moratorium on September 1st, last year, when it commenced a series of nuclear weapons tests, many in the atmosphere. Accordingly, the President announced that he had first ordered the resumption of U.S. nuclear testing, limited to underground tests. Today, however, he was authorizing the Atomic Energy Commission and Department of Defense to resume U.S. nuclear weapons testing as they deemed necessary under present circumstances, with due regard to issues of radioactive fallout and impacts on other nations..

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1962, March 2
Duration: 8 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033985
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