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US Navy battleship USS Missouri sailing into San Francisco harbor on way to reserve or "mothball" fleet in Bremerton, WA
Title "'Mighty Mo' joins the mothball fleet" superimposed over shot from boat of USS Missouri sailing into San Francisco harbor / three shots from boat of USS Missouri sailing into San Francisco harbor / two shots from boat of fireboat...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Ejection seat simulation at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Title card: "Newest in Sky Rescue Methods" / title: "Canopy Ejection Seat Tested by Navy" superimposed over net / Navy airplanes in flight / dummy in ejection seat simulation / at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, seat is fired out of cockpit...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Scenes of military defense in US during first term of President Eisenhower compiled before presidential election of 1956
Aerial shot of offshore radar towers, part of early warning system / shot of offshore towers / two shots of military personnel watching radar screens / VS of antiaircraft missiles being raised on launchers / First Lady Mamie Eisenhower...
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US military test flies new jet airplane X-1A and test fires new guided missile "Regulus"
Title "News from the airways" superimposed over X-1A taking off from Edwards Air Force Base in California / shot from plane of USAF bomber in flight carrying X-IA attached underneath, X-1A is released and drops down / shot from plane of...
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Former President Harry Truman, his wife Bess, and daughter Margaret arrive in Honolulu, Hawaii, for vacation
Title "Harry Truman - Big Aloha in Hawaii" superimposed over ocean liner SS President Cleveland carrying Truman and family pulling into dock in Honolulu / shot from dock of Truman, Bess, and Margaret at rail of ship, Truman and Bess...
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A sailor sends Morse code via a signal light while a second sailor stands behind him looking through binoculars.
A sailor sends Morse code via a signal light while a second sailor stands behind him looking through binoculars.
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Adm. Forrest Sherman's funeral procession moves through Washington, DC
Servicewomen of the Women's Army Corps and Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service march in funeral procession of US Adm. Forrest Percival Sherman / US Marine Corps and Navy color guard / caisson bearing Sherman's coffin passes...
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Adm. Forrest Sherman's caisson arrives at burial ground at Arlington National Cemetery
VS caisson of Adm. Forrest Percival Sherman arrives at Arlington National Cemetery gravesite as military personnel salute, crowds look on, pallbearers follow / smoke from 17-gun salute / Navy personnel in formation on the grounds as WS...
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US Navy warships dropping depth charges in mimic attack on submarine off coast of Charleston, SC
Close view of submarine periscope visible above water / shot from destroyer of two destroyers steaming along behind it / shot from destroyer of another destroyer steaming along / shot on board destroyer of two sailors on stern of ship...
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US Pacific fleet submarines stored in Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Bow of SS-309 Aspro in line of subs at dock / sterns of several subs moored together at dock / pan bows of subs with numbers: SS-374 Loggerhead, SS-307 Tilefish, SS-264 Pargo, SS-377 Menhaden / bows of same subs / sailors on deck of one...
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Sailing ship "Constitution Jr," replica of historical ship USS Constitution, launched in Washington, DC
Men in sailor uniforms posing for photo opportunity on board "Constitution Jr" sitting on supports / Commander of "Constitution" Louis J. Gulliver on left talking with builder of "Constitution Jr" Captain James Callan and shaking his...
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US Navy submarine "Cachalot" makes trial run offshore from Provincetown, MA
Shot from escort ship "Falcon" of submarine cruising along on surface, seagulls flying around it / shot from "Falcon" of group of seagulls hovering next to it / shot from "Falcon" of submarine sailing away / large diving bell on board...
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General Douglas MacArthur arrives before Japanese delegation at USS Missouri for surrender
VS battleship USS Missouri anchored in Tokyo Bay / MS USS Missouri with seamen standing on deck / LS high angle of battleship USS Buchanan alongside Missouri (view from upper deck of Missouri) / MS camera follows US General Douglas...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
US Navy warplanes shoot down Chinese Communist warplanes off coast of China after being attacked by them
Title card: "Off China coast, Red planes attack - US 'Skyraiders' shoot them down" / aerial shot from plane of US Navy aircraft carrier sailing along / wide shot from ship of aircraft carrier sailing along / closer shot of planes on...
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U.S. battleship Missouri leads naval assault in North Korea
PAN Battleship of U.S.S. Missouri at sea / WS U.S.S. Missouri / MS U.S.S. Missouri guns firing / MS U.S.S. Missouri guns firing / MS smoke coming out of Missouri guns / CU guns on U.S.S. Missouri firing / VS angle shot of multi guns on...
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Air Show at Sioux Falls; Joe Foss Field is dedicated
Title superimposed over US military display: "Sioux Falls - Joe Foss Field is Dedicated" / Scores of people seen from the open hatch of an Globemaster with a good view of people entering the cargo plane / People look into a US Air Force...
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Footage compiled as part of campaign in Philadelphia to raise money to save US Navy cruiser "Olympia" from scrap heap
Title card: "A patriotic appeal . . . save the Olympia" / title "Race against the scrap heap" superimposed over shot of abandoned USS Olympia, flagship of Admiral George Dewey's fleet during Spanish-American War, sitting next to dock in...
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USS Boston, the world's first guided missile cruiser, on maneuvers in March of 1956
Title: "Missile Ship -- Push-Button Warfare Goes to Sea" superimposed over USS Boston and tugboats / VS USS Boston guided missile cruiser on maneuvers / CU hatch opening, launcher pops up / CU sailor with headphones and microphone / VS...
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Steam-powered slingshots catapult Navy planes off USS Hancock
Title "Steam - Slingshots speed takeoff from carrier" superimposed over plane taking off / looking down on USS Hancock aircraft carrier at sea / Grumman maybe S2F Navy plane pulled into place, servicemen on deck / CU officer wearing...
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Vertical rising and landing plane is demonstrated at Moffett Naval Air Station in CA
Title: "'Pogo Stick'" Plane - Vertical Rising Fighter Is Demonstrated" superimposed over the Convair XFY-I, U.S. Navy Delta Wing "vertical take-off" fighter, in flight demonstration in Navy hangar / WS J. F. (Skeets) Coleman, engineering...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Adopted Greek baby arrives in U.S. with new father Lt. Norman Donahoe
Title: "People You're Reading About" superimposed over newspapers off printing press / Title: "Bundle From Greece - Adopted Baby Reaches U.S." superimposed over Lt. Norman K. ("Moose") Donahoe of the U.S. Navy, holding Roni Marie...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Two U.S. Navy guided missile ships are commissioned in Boston, MA and Brooklyn, NY
Title card: "Missile Ships Join The Navy" / MS Rocket launcher on board with pair of rockets coming into firing position / MS cruiser on high seas with rocket installation / CU rocket launcher with pair of rockets swinging into position...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Premier Tito of Yugoslavia aboard US Navy carrier in Adriatic Sea in effort to gain his cooperation in defense of South-Eastern Europe
Title "First Pictures - Tito Aboard Navy Carrier Coral Sea" superimposed over Yugoslavia Premier Josip Tito and delegation on carrier plane elevator as it rises to main deck / WS airplanes and sailors on deck / Tito salutes US Naval...