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Navy destroyer USS Frank Knox launches from Bath, Maine
MLS high angle looking down at Annie Reid Knox, widow of Navy Secretary Frank Knox, striking bow of the USS Frank Knox as it launches / TILT UP to LS of ship launching away from camera amid tall scaffolding on either side
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US warship 'San Francisco' in San Francisco harbor during World War II
Two shots from boat of crew standing at rail of USS San Francisco returning from action in Solomon Islands and sailing into harbor / ship sailing towards pier / two shots of sailors leaving ship walking down gangplank / Navy officer...
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US Adm. Nimitz heads for Kwajalein Atoll in a landing barge during World War II
Three Navy officers and Adm. Chester Nimitz, Commander in Chief of US Pacific Fleet, getting into landing barge / Nimitz standing in barge and waving / barge pulls away / group of Korean men and women posing for photo opportunity /...
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US warships in Naples harbor during World War II
WS Naples harbor and Mount Vesuvius in background / pan across US warships in harbor / Note: exact day not known
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General Alexander Vandegrift at ceremony promoting him to 18th Commandant of the US Marine Corps
LS rear view of audience seated in foreground, men at dais on stage in background / MS projector shoots light across heads of audience from back of room / MS newly sworn-in Commandant of US Marine Corps General Alexander Vandegrift at...
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Military parade for US Admiral Chester Nimitz in Washington, DC, after end of World War II
Banner stretched over street reading 'Well Done Admiral' / people in crowd / high overhead shot of car carrying Adm. Chester Nimitz, Commander-in-Chief of Pacific Fleet, driving along street with V-shaped motorcycle police escort in...
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Crowds on the bank of the Hudson River watch fleet on 1945 Navy Day in NYC
MS large crowd on embankment, apartments in bkgd / MS US flag flies from USS Enterprise / people lined up behind and in front of stone wall watching, one man in tree / MS mounted police near crowd, other police move barricade to let them...
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Blimp flies over ships, USS Enterprise fires salute for 1945 Navy Day in NYC
VS blimp flies over aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (US flags flying) as destroyer USS Renshaw sails past her in foreground / VS destroyer USS Welles sails past aircraft carrier USS Enterprise as it firing gun salute / Welles sails past...
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President Harry S. Truman motorcade passes crowds on 1945 Navy Day in NYC
MS President Harry S. Truman limo drives up street past waving crowd with motorcade behind limo and motorcycle policeman with sidecar / from behind group of motorcycle police drive past crowd and police ensuring crowd stays behind line /...
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Sunbeams on fleet ships and USS Enterprise at dusk on 1945 Navy Day in NYC
WS sunbeams shine through rain clouds on two large fleet ships on Hudson River, a few smaller ships on river too / VS sailors stand at attention on aircraft carrier USS Enterprise at dusk, two flags fly on deck
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President Harry S. Truman waves from USS Renshaw
CU guns fire salute from destroyer USS Renshaw ship / MS President Truman stands in gun turret with naval officers, waves, radar above them
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President Harry S. Truman reviews US fleet on 1945 Navy Day in NYC
MCU Margaret Truman in fur coat crosses gangway to USS Renshaw followed by several other young women in fur coats then former first lady Edith Wilson and naval officer / MCU First Lady Bess Truman walks across gangway followed by naval...
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Adm. Forrest Sherman's coffin arrives via caisson at Arlington National Amphitheater for funeral serviced
Caisson approaches and passes camera, bearing flag-draped coffin of US Adm. Forrest Percival Sherman, bound for Arlington National Cemetery; pallbearers follow / rear shot caisson arrives at entrance to Arlington Memorial Amphitheater /...
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Honor guard stands vigil over coffin of Adm. Forrest Sherman at Washington National Cathedral
VS honor guard composed of one member of each branch of the US armed forces stands vigil over the coffin of Adm. Forrest Percival Sherman as the admiral lies in state at Bethlehem Chapel at the Washington National Cathedral / VS CU...
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President Harry S. Truman speaks from USS Roosevelt and rides through NYC on 1945 Navy Day
VS President Harry S. Truman's motorcade as it goes through NYC and across bridges then comes to a stop / MS crowd and a few police next to Hotel Governor Clinton on 7th Avenue / VS Truman at microphone on deck of the USS Missouri,...
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Blimps over ships and USS Renshaw on Hudson River for 1945 Navy Day in NYC
MS one blimp flies over two large Navy ships on Hudson River, other smaller ships around, dark clouds / MS two blimps fly over two large Navy ships, sun peeks through clouds / dramatic shot of blimp against dark clouds outlined by...
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Crowds on bank of Hudson River as bombers fly over for 1945 Navy Day in NYC
About 60 bombers fly in formation overhead / battleship USS Missouri moves across foreground at dusk / VS USS Missouri fires salute at dusk, clouds / MS top of Normandy Apartments and other buildings and dark clouds as bombers fly...
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President Harry S Truman's motorcade in 1945 Navy Day parade and arrival at NY City Hall
VS motorcade with President Harry S. Truman standing in limo surrounded by walking secret service men as it moves past huge crowds on sidewalks, bits of paper flying everywhere / from behind mounted police and drum corps and tuba go past...
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Night shots of Navy fleet and President Harry S. Truman boarding USS Missouri on Navy Day 1945 in NYC
VS night scenes of fleet on the Hudson River and buildings on the shore (very dark) / river shimmering under lights / Tilt down: President Harry S Truman and others board battleship USS Missouri from naval launch / MS headlights of...
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US fleet in Hudson River on 1945 Navy Day in NYC
Aerial NYC skyline with Empire State Building and Hudson River / Aerial fleet in Hudson River / :28 Battleship USS New York / :44 VS aerials battleship USS Missouri, alongside it is the destroyer the USS Renshaw / WS fleet in river,...
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President Harry S. Truman motorcade in 1945 Navy Day parade in NYC
VS motorcade with President Harry S. Truman waving from limo surrounded by walking secret service men and secret service men on running boards and perched on back of car as it moves past huge crowds on sidewalks, confetti flying...
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Blimp over fleet on Hudson River on 1945 Navy Day in New York City
MS blimp flies over fleet on Hudson River, aircraft carrier in bkgd and smaller ships in foreground / blimp over aircraft carrier and two other large ships, rain clouds in bkgd
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Aerial shots of Washington, DC, during parade honoring US Admiral Chester Nimitz after end of World War II
Shot from plane of formation of planes flying over city during parade honoring Adm. Chester Nimitz, Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet / shot inside plane of member of flight crew looking through glass nose of airplane / shot from...
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At NYC 1945 Navy Day, President Harry S. Truman views fleet and table at which Japanese surrendered
LS through rigging on ship: squadron of four, then six bombers fly over / Foreground: sailors stand on USS Missouri deck as another ship goes buy with banner that reads New York / Foreground: sailor on deck salutes USS Renshaw as it...