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A rocket being fired from a long rocket launcher at U.S. Naval proving grounds in Dahlgren, Virginia.

United States naval proving grounds in Dahlgren, Virginia. A 110 feet rocket launcher at naval proving grounds. Men carry a rocket and place it on the launcher. Rocket being fired. Length of the launcher ensures accuracy. Rocket being fired and smoke rises.

Location: Dahlgren Virginia USA
Date: 1951
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077428
50 caliber gun being fired to detect for jamming at U.S. Naval proving grounds in Dahlgren, Virginia.

A training film about the activities being carried out at United States naval proving grounds in Dahlgren, Virginia. Aviation ordinance being evaluated at the proving grounds. U.S. Navy aircraft parked on a field as 50 Caliber gun being fired to detect for possible jamming.

Location: Dahlgren Virginia USA
Date: 1951
Duration: 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077430
50 caliber gun being tested in a centrifugal chamber at U.S. Naval proving grounds in Dahlgren, Virginia.

A training film about the activities being carried out at United States naval proving grounds in Dahlgren, Virginia. A centrifugal chamber where a 50 caliber gun is being tested for ejection performance. A table rotates as a man looks at a gauge. Men attach a bomb on an aircraft catapult to determine the strength of shackles. Bomb falls during the test resulting in shackle failure.

Location: Dahlgren Virginia USA
Date: 1951
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077431
Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees get ready for the 1951 baseball season

Newsreel clip previewing Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees at spring training prior to 1951 baseball season. The defending National League champion Phillies trained that year in Clearwater Florida. Players pose under sign that reads "Home of the Fightin' Phlilies." Shot of team owner Robert Carpenter and manager Eddie Sawyer. Shots of pitchers Robin Roberts, Jim Konstanty and Bubba Church warming up. Hitters seen in batting cage include Willie Jones, Eddie Waitkus and Andy Seminick. Clip shifts to Yankees' spring training in Phoenix, Arizona, where team holds up numbers and letters reading "1950 Champs" to mark their victory over the Phillies in the World Series. Manager Casey Stengel puts on cowboy hat and strikes a funny pose for the camera. Yankee players also don the hats, including 1950 American League MVP Phil Rizzuto and soon-to-be 1951 MVP Yogi Berra. Stengel talks with group of six Yankee rookies, including future Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle at far right. Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio points bat at camera, smiles by batting cage.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1951, March 5
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035471
Early attempts to fly various heavier than air contraptions. Later use of rockets for propulsion; GE jet engines circa 1951.

Early history of flight with various ornithopters and flying contraptions. A bicycle-powered 8-winged airplane collapses in front of a hangar during takeoff attempt. Man wearing a set of wings, and a tail, tries to fly by running and also by jumping off a large rock. The so-called Pitt Sky Car in action. A car equipped with an umbrella-like rotor intended for vertical takeoff. It simply jumps up and down. A man riding a bicycle being propelled in part by a pack of rockets burning behind his seat. It gets too hot and he abandons the bicycle just before the rocket pack explodes. Animated discussion of Newton's 3rd law of motion and its relevance to the jet airplane engine. Diagrams and illustrations. A Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star aircraft taking off, and in flight, with its speed brake extended. View of General Electric jet engine, circa 1951, that delivers over 5800 pounds of thrust. These engines being produced in the GE plant at Lynn, Massachusetts and the new (1951) GE plant at Lockland Ohio.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1951
Duration: 2 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063987
View of the Natural Bridge in Virginia, United States.

A Greyhound passenger bus traveling to a destination in the United States. The tourist bus stops in Virginia. View of the Natural Bridge in Virginia, USA. A water stream flows under the bridge.

Location: Virginia United States USA
Date: 1942
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Spanish
Clip: 65675050318
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