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Navy WAVES work on planes in Memphis, TN in 1944
WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Services) march in uniforms toward camera / CU row of WAVES saluting / PAN back row of WAVES working on planes outside / VS two WAVES work on plane engine / WAVE cranks propeller with two...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Admirals Halsey and Blandy testify before the House Armed Services Committee
House Armed Services Committee hearing on Air Force and Navy dispute / VS testimony by Admiral William Halsey, US Navy (retired) and Admiral William Blandy, US Navy / Halsey stands before committee testifying on national defense budget /...
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Dry dock; sailors at beach; canoe surfing; 1920s
Bow of destroyer in dry dock, workers below / pan Waikiki Beach, military personnel on beach and in water / swimmers carry sailor in uniform into water and toss him in, people watch from shore / pan smiling sailors sitting with women in...
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US submarines scrapped
Title card: "Treaty Sounds Taps For Subsea Fleet - Underwater craft of 'O' class are scrapped at Philadelphia under terms of Navy limitation pact" / United States Navy vessels at the Philadelphia Navy Yard / sailors blowing taps as...
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US Navy E-1 airship leaves hangar and takes flight, 1920
Nose of United States Navy E-1 dirigible poking out of hangar / bottom of dirigible / LS dirigible / aerials of city from dirigible / aerials ship at sea / WS dirigible in flight / crew of dirigible / Note: exact month/day not known
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US Navy parachute students take off in airship and plane at Lakehurst, NJ, and make parachute jumps
Title card: "The Thrill of a lifetime! Navy students see what happens to a dummy and then class makes first jump" / officer talking to students standing in row, parachutes on ground in front of them, airship above and behind them /...
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US Navy's new "Pogo" airplane, capable of vertical flight, at Moffett NAS in CA
Shot of pilot in cockpit as plane sits on hangar floor at Moffett Naval Air Station (later known as Moffett Federal Airfield) after testing session of the plane, which can take off and land vertically / men in scaffolding next to plane...
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Target practice on treaty ships in ocean
Title card: "Turret Guns Rock New US Cruiser in Target Practise - Augusta, one of Uncle Sam's treaty ships, fires 8-inch batteries in test" / battleship on water / MS gun turrets on ship; one fires / spray explosion on targets in mid...
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US Navy Day fleet exercises
Title card: "Navy Day to honor our fleet - America's first line of defense shows progress on sea and in the air" / The wing of an airplane in flight with a line of battle ships far below / A ship steams along seen (probably) through the...
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Admiral Leigh introduces US Navy smoke screen demo
Title card: "Warships Lay smoke screen for Navy Day - And Admiral Leigh, commanding US Fleet, invites you to come aboard for visit" / Adm. Richard Leigh stands on deck by microphones on tripods inviting people to note improvements /...
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US Navy steamships at sea
VS US Navy fleet, black smoke billowing from smokestacks / Note: exact month/day not known
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Naval cruiser USS Indianapolis on test run off Rockland, Maine, 1932
PAN full cruiser USS Indianapolis from stern to bow on test run off Rockland Maine, sailors on deck / Note: exact day not known
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US Navy tests catapult launch device at the National Air Factory in Philadelphia
Title card: "New Catapult! - Navy tests device that shoots plane off at 60 miles an hour" / shot from behind catapult launches bi-seaplane over water / Various shots plane is lowered onto catapult / Close-up side view plane launches from...
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US Navy Captain Frederick Trapnell testifies before House Armed Services Committee
MS Capt. Frederick Mackay Trapnell, US Navy, seated at table before the House Armed Services Committee, SOT testifies re US Navy and Air Force dispute regarding the obsolescence of the Convair B-36 bomber / Note: exact day not known
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US Navy Commander William Leonard testifies before House Armed Services Committee
VS Commander William Leonard, US Navy, seated at table before the US House Armed Services Committee during SOT testimony re US Navy and US Air Force feud over obsolescence of the Convair B-36 bomber / Note: exact day not known
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New cruiser the U.S.S. Indianapolis is commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard
Title card: "Newest Cruiser! - U.S.S. Indianapolis commissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard" / Medium shot USS Indianapolis at Philadelphia shipyard / CU Pan officers and crew on deck saluting as US flag is raised / MS crew sitting on guns...
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Four Marines and One Sailor Killed In Military Center Shootings In Chattanooga, Tennessee
The memorial setup in front of the Armed Forces Career Center/National Guard Recruitment Office which had been shot up is seen as people visit the site in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez, 24, opened fire on the...
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Four Marines and One Sailor Killed In Military Center Shootings In Chattanooga, Tennessee
The memorial setup in front of the Armed Forces Career Center/National Guard Recruitment Office which had been shot up is seen as people visit the site in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez, 24, opened fire on the...
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Four Marines and One Sailor Killed In Military Center Shootings In Chattanooga, Tennessee
The memorial setup in front of the Armed Forces Career Center/National Guard Recruitment Office which had been shot up is seen as people visit the site in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez, 24, opened fire on the...
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Four Marines and One Sailor Killed In Military Center Shootings In Chattanooga, Tennessee
The memorial setup in front of the Armed Forces Career Center/National Guard Recruitment Office which had been shot up is seen as people visit the site in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez, 24, opened fire on the...
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Four Marines and One Sailor Killed In Military Center Shootings In Chattanooga, Tennessee
The memorial setup in front of the Armed Forces Career Center/National Guard Recruitment Office which had been shot up is seen as people visit the site in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez, 24, opened fire on the...
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Four Marines and One Sailor Killed In Military Center Shootings In Chattanooga, Tennessee
The memorial setup in front of the Armed Forces Career Center/National Guard Recruitment Office which had been shot up is seen as people visit the site in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez, 24, opened fire on the...
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Four Marines and One Sailor Killed In Military Center Shootings In Chattanooga, Tennessee
The memorial setup in front of the Armed Forces Career Center/National Guard Recruitment Office which had been shot up is seen as people visit the site in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez, 24, opened fire on the...
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Four Marines and One Sailor Killed In Military Center Shootings In Chattanooga, Tennessee
The memorial setup in front of the Armed Forces Career Center/National Guard Recruitment Office which had been shot up is seen as people visit the site in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez, 24, opened fire on the...