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Frido W. Kessler's rocket-propelled mail plane launches on frozen lake Greenwood, New York, United States, 1936

Frido W. Kessler and his rocket-propelled mail plane. (Allegedly, the first scheduled mail-delivery rocket flight) Kessler is seen in his workshop with his test stand and apparatus. Launch of Kessler's first winged liquid-fueled (liquid oxygen and Kerosene) mail rocket plane on frozen Greenwood Lake, New York, February 23,1936. Launch team opens the nose to insert mail into the rocket-propelled glider plane (reportedly designed by German rocket pioneer Dr. Willy Ley). Kessler poses with a little girl, Gloria Schleich Quackenbush, for whom the plane is named. She holds a silver cup of snow. They are surrounded by a cluster of men. Photographic equipment is set up next to them. The girl, Gloria, empties the cup of snow onto the tail of the rocket plane, to Christen it "Gloria (I)." Launch team fueling the rocket from containers. A technician in fireproof protective suit lights fuel at tail of the plane. It flares up in flames and then settles down with normal rocket burn, and leaves the launch stand. (A second rocket plane is seen sitting on the ice near the launch stand.) The rocket glider only goes about 20 feet before falling onto the ice. Team members look over the stand and prepare to try again with Kessler's second plane, the "Gloria (II)." They load the mail (6000 letters and postcards) into the nose and set the plane on the launch stand. It launches very nose high, and strikes the ice near the stand. But the rocket motor continues to propel it across the ice until it takes off again and continues, a way in the air until flipping over and crashing on the ice. View of people surrounding the broken plane on the ice. (Note: The second attempt carried the Gloria II and its mail, about 2000 feet, far enough to cross the border from New York into New Jersey, constituting an interstate mail delivery, and making the letters and post cards worthy mementos of the event.)

Location: Greenwood Lake New York United States USA
Date: 1936, February 23
Duration: 2 min 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675024424
United States WAC personnel stamp and re-address postal mail in England.

Group of Women's Army Corps (WAC) personnel work at their desks in England during World War 2. The African American women WAC staff sort postal mail. They stamp the mail and re-address the mail.

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1945, April 14
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675045504
United States ships and USS Samuel Chase underway from England for invasion of Normandy, France (WW2)

Landing Crafts Infantry leave England for World War II D-Day invasion of Normandy, France. Stern and U.S. flag in foreground. Gun at the stern of ship. USS Samuel Chase APA-26 underway. U.S. destroyers underway in the background.

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1944, June 5
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046327
United States Landing Craft Infantry underway from England for invasion of Normandy, France (WW2)

Landing Crafts Infantry leave England for World War II D-Day invasion of Normandy, France. USS Samuel Chase APA-26 underway. Columns of U.S. Landing Craft Infantry underway.

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1944, June 5
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046328
Raising of U.S. flag on official presentation of airfield in England to United States Army Air Force for use.

Outtakes from the Memphis Belle documentary movie. Official presentation of airfield to USAAF for use in England. Troops including USAAF and British soldiers march on airfield. British officer walks to front of troop formation, salutes USAAF General and presents paper to the General. British officer returns to place in row of USAAF and British officers. U.S. flag is raised on the flag pole. Band plays and troops salute. Troops pass in review. (World War II period).

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053115
Skiers along with German instructor ski at theUnited States Ski Patrol School in Berchtesgarden, Germany.

The United States Ski Patrol School in Berchtesgarden, Germany. Skiers ski down the hill. Skier does difficult movements while skiing down the hill. German Instructor does Jackknife and other difficult movements.

Location: Berchtesgaden Germany
Date: 1957, January 1
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675043196
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