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The "El Aquario" support ship for the U.S. Army Air Corps Alaska Flight Project, transiting Seymour Narrows, at Vancouver Island

Views from deck of the "El Aquario," supply ship supporting the U.S. Army Air Corps Alaska flight project in 1934. The ship is passing through the Seymour Narrows, on Eastern edge of Vancouver Island, Canada. A steamship is seen approaching from the South, astern. It is a three funnel passenger ship that passes to port of the El Aquario. View from pilot house of waters at North end of the narrows. Dolphins swimming along with the ship are seen from the bow. Seagulls land on the deck and superstructure of the ship. Strong tidal currents are seen flooding in from the North.

Location: Vancouver Island Canada
Date: 1934
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064902
Pilot, Eroll Boyd and Navigator Harry Conner, attempt flight from Newfoundland, Canada to Croydon, England

A group of men roll the Bellanca high wing monoplane, "Columbia,"from a hangar at Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, Canada. Pilot,Captain Erroll Boyd, and navigator,Harry Connor, stand in front of the airplane, discussing their aeronautical chart. Camera focuses on the airplane's rudder, displaying: "NR 237" A picture of of a woman dressed in the U.S. flag, and the word: "Columbia." vertical stabilizer displays a stylized diamond forming letters: "CAL." With engine running, a well wisher shakes hands with Erroll Boyd through the plane window and then steps back as the "Columbia" taxis ahead. The aircraft begins takeoff on a rough, rocky field. (It didn't succeed and they had to try again with manual help to keep the airplane's tail from digging into the ground.) Scene shifts to the aircraft airborne overhead. (Note: fuel problems forced them to make an emergency landing at Tresco, the Scilly Islands, off Cornwall, England, before finally arriving at Croydon.)

Location: Newfoundland
Date: 1930, October 9
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054975
Men push 1947 Morris and Wolseley automobiles into place on a dock in United Kingdom

1947 Morris Eight Series E saloon automobile on lift platform dockside is repositioned. More 1947 Morris Eight Series E saloon cars are moved into place to prepare for crane lift. Sign seen on car windshield reads, "Nuffield Exports." Aerial view of dock workers pushing car into place. Workers roll 1947 Wolseley 14-60 Series III automobile onto lift platform and car is lifted into air next to a ship docked in a British harbor.

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1947, April 18
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080092
Gold mining in British Columbia.

Describes raw materials used in telephone manufacturing. The map shows a location of British Columbia. Animation shows mining of gold through tunneling in a mountain. Gold ore mined inside a gold mine in British Columbia. Gold is smelted and poured into molds for casting slabs.

Location: British Columbia
Date: 1928
Duration: 2 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030437
Aftermath of the Irgun bombing of the Goldsmith Officers Club in Jerusalem.

Rescue and response following the Irgun bombing of the Goldsmith Officers Club in Jerusalem on 1 March 1947. British Palestine military carry a casualty in a stretcher to a truck in front of debris of the officers club. British military patrol streets on foot and jeeps. British soldiers drive a Universal Carrier, also known as a Bren Gun Carrier, through the streets of Jerusalem. A bulldozer clears rubble from the destroyed Goldsmith Officers Club building. British soldier climbs ladder to rescue stranded men on top of building. A man smoking a pipe climbs down ladder after being rescued. British armored personnel carriers parked in front of ruins of the Goldsmith Officers Club British on King George Avenue. British soldiers search for suspects, marching a group of Jewish men down the stairs of a building. At tall British officer speaks briefly to an old woman while smoking a pipe. Jewish men and women suspected of having ties to the Irgun and Stern Gang are detained on a tennis court while others are searched for weapons.

Location: Jerusalem Palestine
Date: 1947, March 1
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078612
Dramatization: President Thomas Jefferson buys the Louisiana territory from Napoleon and sends Lewis and Clark on expedition

Dramatization of historical American events. United States President Thomas Jefferson looks at a wall map of the Louisiana Purchase, acquired from Napoleon Bonaparte, the leader of France. Jefferson sits with a few officials seated at a table. A pictorial map showing the Columbia River and the Missouri River flowing into the Pacific. The Lewis and Clark expedition is sent to western territory. The life of the Native American Indians. The Indians wearing traditional costumes. Indians hunting buffalo. Scenic views of a hillside with a flowing river. Lewis and Clark cross a water body led by an Indian guide. A large waterfall. The expedition members sleeping in trees to avoid predators. The rapids of the Columbia River. Men crossing the river with water up to their necks. The men wading through the water holding their guns up. Natives watching the men. The course of the Columbia River. Two men from the expedition team lying beside a tree. The expedition watches English men in boats on the river who have come from Canada to establish outposts.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1953
Duration: 5 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066552
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