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Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, chairman of U.S. Committee raising funds for Columbus Memorial Lighthouse, visits Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Opening scene shows President Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, President of the Dominican Republic, presenting Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Columbia University, the Order of Juan Pablo Duarte. Dr. Butler is visiting Santa Domingo, as chairman of the U.S. Committee, appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, to raise funds for the Christopher Columbus Memorial Lighthouse in which remains of Columbus will be interred. Scene shifts to interior of the Cathedral of Santa María la Menor, where the crystal urn, that for the past year has contained remains of Columbus, is opened so Dr. Butler and his wife might see them. They both move forward as Archbishop Ricardo Pittini Piussi points out aspects of the relics.

Date: 1937, February 16
Duration: 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038369
U.S. Army Air Corps XR-1 helicopter undergoes a tethered flight test in United States

Tethered tests of the U.S. Army Air Corps XR-1 helicopter at the Platt-LePage company factory in Eddystone Pennsylvania. The helicopter parked in front of hangar. Pilot Lou Leavitt in the cockpit and starts the engine. Several men watch and take pictures of the action. A group of men including Platt,Leavitt ,Le Page and Grover Loening talk to each other. XR-1 hovers as cars and trucks remain parked in the background. Several scenes in which the the helicopter lightly touches down and then takes off again.

Date: 1941
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038461
U.S. Army Air Corps XR-1 helicopter being tested at Platt-LePage Aircraft Company in Eddystone, Pennsylvania.

Platt-LePage Aircraft Company of Eddystone, Pennsylvania. A boy poses by a cockpit mockup of the XR-1 helicopter. Pilot Lou Leavitt sits in the mockup with his arm around the boy. The boy poses with four employees of the Platt-LePage Aircraft Company. Scene shifts to flight testing of the U.S. Army Air Corps XR-1 helicopter, which moves about in a variety of maneuvers, demonstrating considerable stability and control, although confined to a relatively low altitude of approximately fifty feet.

Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038463
Midshipman Watson being instructed in use of PLAT camera on board United States Navy ship Bon Homme Richard

Midshipman 1st class Jerry Watson being instructed by Charles E. Ward about the use and functions of PLAT (Pilot Landing Aid Television System) camera on board United States Navy ship Bon Homme Richard in Gulf of Tonkin. Ward piers through the eye piece of the camera and swings it around. On the flight deck of the ship A-1H takes off while A-4C makes an arrested landing.

Date: 1967, July 11
Duration: 2 min 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038503
U.S. Navy pilots debriefed after their return from air strikes in Korea

Pilots of U.S. Navy Strike Fighter Squadron 25 (VFA-25) being debriefed on board the aircraft carrier USS Boxer (CV-21). They have returned from missions against shore defenses in and around Incheon, Korea, in support of the amphibious landings there.. Commander R.W. Phillips,Lieutenant Junior Grade E.J. Carrol and Lieutenant Commander G.C. Bergey at the debriefing. Lieutenant A.W. Motley relaxes. (Korean War)

Date: 1950, September 15
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038523
Crewmen in bunk room on board U.S. Navy Ship Charles E. Brannon (DE-446) off of Seattle, Washington

Interior views on board U.S. Navy Destroyer Escort Charles E. Brannon (DE-446). Crewmen carrying small handbags enter bunk room of a ship in Seattle,Washington and chat with each other. A fireman and a 3rd class officer talk to each other. Personnel having their meals in the mess area.

Date: 1968, June 28
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038530