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Historic scenes from development of U.S. Naval aviation, that emphasize early mishaps and accidents on aircraft carriers.

Historic scenes in development of U.S. Naval aviation. Early flying boat. Numerous scenes of landing incidents and accidents aboard early U.S. aircraft carriers. Aircraft falling off the sides and ends of the flight decks. Landing with only one gear extended.

Date: 1930
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044933
Very brief, two second glimpse, of a U. S. B-17 bomber in flight

A momentary glimpse (only two seconds) of a U.S. Air Force B-17 bomber, in flight.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044937
Scenes after U.S. Air Force B-25 Mitchell bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building, in Manhattan

Scenes of Manhattan streets, on a Saturday morning, right after a U.S. Air Force B-25 Mitchell bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building in Manhattan, New York City. Smoke billows from the building. At the site of the crash, firemen are dousing the smoldering ruins with water.

Date: 1945, July 28
Duration: 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044938
General Alexander Vandegrift, Commander, 1st Marine Division, praises all services for the victory at Guadalcanal, in WW II.

Major General Vandegrift, Commander of the First Marine Division, praises members of all services, including civilians, for their contributions to victory during the battle of Guadalcanal. He remarks that American civilian workers, Army, Marines and Navy exhibited loyalty and sacrifice for their country and the victory was a result of team work. (World War II period).

Date: 1942
Duration: 3 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044990
African American business interests in transportation. Bus line and air charter service.

A bus of the Bison bus lines, in Washington, DC, passes on the street. African American owner, John Nipson, poses in uniform. African American drivers for the company pose. Several chartered buses of the Bison Line drive on a street in Washington DC. Their destination signs read "Blossom Special." Merrill C. Meigs Field in Chicago, Illinois. African American pilot and two businessman passengers climb aboard a light airplane of the Lake Air Service. The passenger airplane taxis to a runway and takes off. African American, William Barnett, owner of Lake Air service, is seen, with one of his employees.

Date: 1955
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045070
Truck semi-trailers are shifted to rail, hooked, screwed and transported in Illinois.

Trucking by rail in Illinois. Trucks with a big semi-trailer pass through an American highway. Inco Beverage Co. semi-trailer truck on the road. Rails beside a highway in Illinois. A General Motors (GM) flatcar moving in track. Newly devised flatcars and loading methods are shown. A trailer kingpin is lowered into a slot extension. It is hooked over a towing plate. A man locks the trailer kingpin into place. The plate is screwed in position. Then the trailers are transported.

Date: 1953, October 1
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045089