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Aerial views of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC, USA.

Aerial views of the Lincoln Memorial (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20002, United States) at the banks of Potomac River in Washington DC in United States. Vehicular traffic around the memorial. View of Memorial Bridge leading into Arlington. Circling around the Lincoln Memorial. Munitions Building and Main Navy Building are also visible.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1954
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050413
Aerial views of Rio Grande River flood resulting from Hurricane Alice. Water over International Bridge and surrounding areas

Aerial view of Rio Grande river flood in wake of Hurricane Alice, in 1954. International Bridge between Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Loredo, Mexico, is completely under water. Houses and fields inundated by flood waters. A soldier patrolling in the area. Store owners seen clearing mud from sidewalks by their establishments. Woman and boys wash mud from sidewalk.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1954
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024175
Admirals board the USS Nautilus for part of its sea trials

Opening scene shows a 1954 Pontiac VIP staff car, displaying 4-stars on its bumper plate. It is parked on a wharf next to the nuclear submarine, USS Nautilus (not seen).Admiral Robert B. Carney, Chief of Naval Operations, and Admiral William Fechteler, former CNO step from the car. Next, Admiral Carney is seen below decks on the Nautilus, making a selection on a juke box installed in one of the boat's compartments. Glimpse of officers standing on the foredeck as the Nautilus makes way on the surface. Admiral Fechteler, at the helm and Admiral Carney, seated next to him. The admirals and ships officers watching sailors at the helm. Momentary glimpse of Admiral Carney at the juke box. Crew members eating in the sailors mess. Officer briefing the admirals at the helmsman's station. Crew members, in cold weather gear, descending stairs inside the Nautilus. The boat making way in calm waters, with several crew standing on deck. A sailor wearing headphones and communications gear. The admirals saluting as they arrive on the Nautilus.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1954
Duration: 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063500
SS United States underway in Elizabeth River.

Port bow view of the S.S. United States comes up the river. S.S. United States underway, two large red stacks, sides of ships are painted black. American flag flies forward of the no. one stack. Several life boats are in the Davits along the port side. Stern view of a civilian tug underway up the Port bow of the S.S. United States. Port bow of the ship shows letters 'UNITED STATES' on the ship, buildings seen along the water line. Steam emitted from both the stacks. Bow view of ship underway in the river, merchant ship on the way in right and shoreline is seen to the left and right. Port bow of the United States underway in the Elizabeth River.

Location: Virginia United States USA
Date: 1954, January 8
Duration: 2 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675039795
"Operation Firestop" experiments in aerial firefighting. Various aircraft used in firefighting.

World War II scenes of German Stuka dive bombers in operation. U.S. B-25 bomber in flight, and views of firestorms from Allied incendiary bombing of Axis targets. Scenes of the "Operation Firestop" project in 1954-55, in California. U.S. Forest Service and other agencies cooperate in a one-year project headquartered at Camp Pendleton, California. Aerial views of Camp Pendleton area, in Southern California. A modified Grumman TBM Avenger torpedo bomber in flight discharges water from its torpedo bays. Men installing fabric water container into the bomb bay of the TBM. The aircraft seen in low level pass, dropping water contents onto field. Cropduster pilot Floyd Nolta, seen flying his Stearman biplane over California landscape, and then taxiing in to park, after landing. On the ground, we see how he modified his airplane to release water from a hopper in its bottom. On August 13, Vance Nolta flies the Stearman on multiple sorties, dropping water on a fire in the Mendecino Forest. Nolta filling his water tank from a hose at Willow Airport, and dropping water from the air, above the fire. View at Willow Airport, of 7 Stearman and N3N airplanes modified for aerial firefighting. Views of these aircraft dropping chemically treated water from the air. TBM aircraft equipped with 400 gallon tanks drop water from the air. PBY flying boat seen in flight. A B-26 bomber passing low and dropping chemically treated water. A Navy Mars flying boat passing overhead as it drops water from a 7000 gallon tank.

Location: California United States USA
Date: 1955
Duration: 3 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058692
The Bell Aircraft XV-3 "Convertiplane," precursor to the Osprey, is tested in Hurst, Texas.

The Bell XV-3 (Bell 200) tiltrotor aircraft, s/n 54-147, is tested in Hurst, Texas on August 11, 1954. This was the first of what would become a long line of Bell 'Osprey' tiltrotor planes. Bell Chief Test Pilot Floyd Carlson sits in the cockpit of the XV-3, also known as the "Convertiplane." Another man stands beside the cockpit and talks to Carlson. Wide shot shows the XV-3 hovering in front of the Bell Aircraft Corp. building. Three blade rotors mounted on the ends of the wing.

Location: Texas United States USA
Date: 1955, August 11
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068824
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