Seaplanes being launched and retrieved from water at the beach in Montauk, Long Island during World War II. Crewmen standing at the beach. A Curtiss SO3C Seamew is launched from a ramp into the water. A bi-plane is eased down the ramp into the water. A U.S. Navy OS2U Kingfisher is towed back up the ramp after returning from flight.
A still photograph of a two place U.S. Navy Curtiss HS-1 or HS-2 flying boat, circa 1918. Men standing on the parked airplane.
A new Marine helicopter takes off from Connecticut in the United States. The twin engined Sikorsky XHR2S helicopter parked on the airbase. Marines board and a jeep is loaded in the helicopter. Officers watching the helicopter. The helicopter takes off.
U.S. 2nd Armored Division, 745th Tank Battalion in Saint Amand, France during World War II . People gather on either sides of a street. Buildings along the sides of the street. Soldiers aboard military vehicles pass through the streets of the city. People cheering.
U.S. 2nd Armored Division, 745th Tank Battalion in Saint Amand, France during World War II . People gather on either sides of a street. Buildings along the sides of the street. French civilians give tank crew members French flags as they pass through the city. They cheer for the passing tank convoy. Children waving towards the tank convoy.
President Roosevelt signs the Cullen-Harrison Act, an amendment to the Volstead Act late in Prohibition, allowing the sale of beer and wine with an alcohol limit of 3.2% by weight. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt seated at a desk in his office. He signs the bill. Men in a beer bar. A man drinking beer.
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