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Zeppelin Hindenburg moored by ground crew at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey after landing.

Airship LZ 129 Hindenburg at Lakehurst Naval Air Station. New Jersey. Ground crewmen standing by with ladders and other equipment as the zeppelin settles on the ground. Man waves from bow of Hindenburg. Crew on mooring mast reel in cable attached to Hindenburg's nose. Suddenly, it pulls away. Officer on ground issues orders using a megaphone. U.S. Navy Commander Charles Rosendahl, commander of the Naval Air Station at Lakehurst, stands behind the officer issuing orders. The mooring crew try again, and succeed in securing the Hindenburg's nose cable. Men on ground stabilize control gondola of the zeppelin. A sailor holds a flag beneath the airship.

Date: 1936, May
Duration: 2 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052077
Colonel Lindbergh officially completes three month tour in his airplane 'Spirit of Saint Louis', at Mitchel Field, New York.

Officials and crowd assembled at Long Island's Mitchel Field to welcome Colonel Charles Augustus Lindbergh. Colonel Lindbergh's airplane 'Spirit of St Louis' pushed by men at airfield. Charles Lindbergh poses with an officer. Cameramen take pictures while Colonel Lindbergh gets into car.

Date: 1927, October 23
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052495
President, Mrs Harding and Secretary of War, Weeks attend the unveiling of a statue of Jeanne d'Arc at Meridian Hill Park.

Ceremony of unveiling an equestrian statue of Joan of Arc in Meridian Hill Park in Washington DC. Crowd assembled for the ceremony. President Warren G. Harding and his wife, Florence Harding, arrive at the ceremony. Officials speak at stand. Unveiling of the bronze Joan of Arc equestrian statue by Paul Dubois. Flags on poles. A man places bouquet and flowers in front of the statue. Secretary of War John W. Weeks speaks. Side view of statue. Various officials speak at the ceremony.

Date: 1922, January 6
Duration: 4 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053057
Minuteman III missile prepared and sent to Vandenberg AFB,California. for operational testing.

Activities involved in a LGM-30 Minuteman missile operational test launch at Vandenberg AFB, Lompoc. A crew of two men comes out of a silo. Task Force Munitions team at work on the missile components in an underground silo. View of the MIRV, Multiple (three) independently targeted reentry vehicles (warheads). The missile booster is removed, loaded on a transporter, transferred to the missile complex ,and loaded in the launch facility. Reentry system is added to the missile and start up is accomplished. Various officers of Task Force at controls. Data analysis by officers which involves flight data recording. Training of the countdown team. Final enabling of launch facility by crews prior to launch. A radar outside a facility. A Task Force commander in conference with his team.

Date: 1979, July 10
Duration: 3 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053257
Space and Missile Test Center and Range Operations Control Center involved in a missile test launch operation in Lompoc.

The activities involved in a LGM-30 Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missile operational test launch at Vandenberg AFB, Lompoc. Countdown crews at controls in launch center located in launch facility. Shows control officer, countdown director, and countdown crews working prior to launch. A monitor operator at controls. Space and Missile Test Center building. Interiors of the building shows members of technical staff and Launch Squad Commander. Supervisor and other officers at work in Range Operations Control Center. View of radars and radomes. Radomes on a ship underway at sea. Task force crews in Launch Control Center. A man sets up road barricades. Final communication checks are completed beginning the final countdown. Countdown control officer takes down messages in launch center located in launch facility.

Date: 1979, July 10
Duration: 4 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053258
Test launch of LGM-30 Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missile at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Lompoc, California.

A LGM-30 Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missile operational test launch at Vandenberg AFB, Lompoc. Countdown crew at controls in launch center located in launch facility. Shows control officer, countdown director, and countdown crew working prior to launch. A message received on a radio gives details about a boat in danger area around the launcher. View of shoreline. Issuing launch command by phone. Last minute checks are accomplished. Count is continued. Men work at consoles. An operator in the control room handles launch switch. Two LGM-30 Minuteman missiles are launched and their multiple reentry vehicles can be seen glowing as they enter the atmosphere, descending toward the test target area at Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific. Views of crew working with Mark 12 MIRV (multiple independently targeted reentry vehicles) in underground silo. Maintenance crews coming up a launch tube. Airmen at consoles and data analysis prior to launch.

Date: 1979, July 10
Duration: 5 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053259