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Knefler McGinnis's Navy squadron plans flight to Honolulu
Title card: "Navy Planes Seek Record in Flight to Honolulu" / MS group of officers of Squadron 10 including leader Lt Commander Knefler McGinnis, planes in bg / CU McGinnis and another officer / Navy plane, can see 10P 5 on side /...
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Lieutenant Commander Thomas "Tex" Settle sets balloon altitude record in New Jersey
MS men unfurling uninflated hot air balloon / MS men stand in front of gondola of "Century of Progress" balloon / MS men roll gondola onto back of truck / CU Lieutenant Commander Thomas Greenhow Williams "Tex" Settle, USN; SOT Settle...
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Hospitalized US Army mail plane pilots describe experience of crashing at sea and being rescued by US Navy ship
Title card: "Army mail fliers tell of rescue!" / two shots of mail plane taxing through snow while man stands on its nose brushing off snow with broom / man uses hose to spray water on wing and knock snow off / plane taxiing, its...
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Mothballed American destroyers and artillery
Title card: "US Navy prepares for peace" / VS Scores of 'mothballed' destroyers at dock with a pan of the ships at docks with prominent numbers on their sides // Naval Station at Lakehurst NJ; inside the hangar with an airship hanging...
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Footage compiled in US of US Navy airship "Akron" after it crashes at sea
Title card: "Akron's fate stuns nation!" / shot from ground of USS Akron flying overhead / crew member walking along catwalk inside airship / WS "Akron" flying over New York City / flight officers inside gondola / shot from ground of...
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USS Rochester on water; crewmen; maybe 1920s
Quick shot title card: "New York City - With Old Glory proudly flying the American ship Rochester sails for the blockaded zone in defiance of Germany's threats of ruthless warfare" / cruiser USS Rochester on water, smoke pouring out of...
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Thomas Settle gets in balloon and rises
CU metal gondola into which Lt. Commander Thomas Settle is getting, can read words "Century of Progress" on side; Settle hopes to set a new altitude record / CU Settle smiling / balloon in air, can see part of hangar / pan up from...
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US Navy parade down Fifth Avenue in NY City during Presidential Naval Review, 1934
Two shots of sailors marching in formation down street, crowd watching / two shots from moving camera of New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, officials, and officers in reviewing stand; Grover Whalen is in reviewing stand, too / sailors...
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US Navy ship "Houston," the ship that will carry President Franklin Roosevelt on his vacation
Two shots of USS Houston sitting at dock / shot of desk in room / shot of bed in bedroom / chair and lamp next to bookshelf filled with books / chair next to radio / books on shelves / close shot of books / ship sitting at dock / Note:...
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US Navy seaplanes taking off from San Diego for flight to Alaska
Pan across parked seaplanes / close shot of Navy pilot Lt. Commander James Shoemaker talking to camera explaining purpose of planes flying to Alaska / two seaplanes taking off / closer shot of seaplane taking off / Note: exact day not known
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Maj. Gen. James Harbord speaks at groundbreaking ceremony for 2nd Division memorial
Title card: "Harbord's Tribute to Heroes" / Major General James Harbord speaking at podium on covered speaker's stand, others seated behind him, man in suit, Army officer, sailor and Marine stand to side, photographer and probably...
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Christening and launching of US Navy warship "Dewey" in Bath, ME
Title card: "USS Dewey launched!" / crowd gathered in front of prow of ship USS Dewey / close shot of Miss Ann M. Dewey, great-grandniece of US Navy Admiral George Dewey, after whom ship is named, holding flowers and posing for photo...
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US Navy rowing crew take shell onto Severn River in Annapolis, MD
MLS Navy oarsmen putting shell (rowing boat) into water of Severn River / VS Navy rowing crew on the Severn / VS two shells rowing side by side / MS crew rows toward and beneath camera / Note: exact day not known
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Airship "Hindenburg" burns after explosion and crash in New Jersey
People walking around airship Hindenburg as it lies on ground burning at Naval Air Station Lakehurst / closer shot of people walking around burning airship / firefighters pulling fire hose off fire truck parked near burning airship,...
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Aftermath of the fiery Hindenburg disaster
VS people milling about near burning wreckage of the airship Hindenburg / sailors walking away from wreckage, approaching camera / wider shot of sailors spraying water on smoldering wreckage / VS smoking wreckage / ambulance parked next...
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Firefighters and sailors battle to extinguish flames on the burning Hindenburg
WS burning frame of the Hindenburg after its explosion upon landing at Naval Air Station Lakehurst; black smoke billows into air; sailors and others move toward the ship / VS burning nose and frame of the craft, sailors and others moving...
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Presenting the colors at the US Naval Academy
United States Naval Academy ceremony to present the colors / midshipman presents the colors to Miss Sara Mumma / Commander W. W. Smith watches / WS midshipmen on parade field raising hats to salute / Mumma watches as midshipmen march...
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Gar Wood beats out Scott-Paine in Harmsworth Cup speedboat race
Miss America X speeding down St. Claire River in motorboat race passing ships and boats in water / boat speeding down river / spectators, Navy sailors and officer in fg / various shots aerial boat racing, shore and houses, boats in water...
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Astronaut Scott Carpenter
Scott Carpenter in space suit inside Aurora 7 on launch day / capsule being sealed / NASA control room / United States Navy aircraft carrier with helicopter taking off / aerial launch pad / countdown in progress / engineers doing final...
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Tracking stations Go No Go report for Aurora 7 launch
Evacuation of launch platform for Aurora 7 flight / CU Scott Carpenter inside Aurora 7 / instrument check / electronic world map for mission tracking stations / Go No Go reports for each of 18 tracking stations / United States Navy ship...
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World War II: crowd waits for news of war declaration
World War II / WS crowds and traffic outside the Federal Office Building / people hold up newspapers with headline "Japan at War with US" / recruitment sign advertising United States Navy and US Naval Reserve / traffic and crowds outside...
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Men arrive at building in Washington, DC on the day of the bombing of Pearl Harbor
Men arriving at government building hiding their faces behind hats / armed sailors outside building
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US Naval Academy graduates new crop of officers for 1936
Title card: "ANNAPOLIS LAUNCHES CLASS OF '36" superimposed over high angle LS of United States Naval Academy graduation ceremony / VS Admiral William Harrison Standley, Acting Secretary, US Navy, greeting new officers from podium / ELS...
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USS Enterprise launched in Newport News, VA
Title "Newest carrier launched" superimposed on the ship / A crowd of hundreds at the dry dock / Tilt up of a carrier far above / "Enterprise" atop of bunting / Naval personnel with the ship just beyond / Naval officers with Lulie...