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Promotional film for Lear, Incorporated, produced by Norman Wright Productions (Hollywood, California) and narrated by Bob Cummings, circa 1960s. The footage opens with a dramatization of an astronaut piloting a futuristic spacecraft on a deep-space…

Stereograph, "'Parade Rest' - Naval Training Station," Set Number 26, Image Number 19074, Keystone View Company, circa 1914-1921. Image of Navy men in formation, in uniform and with rifles. Caption on reverse describes the opening of new Navy…

Newsreel footage of the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941, produced as part of "The News Parade" series by Castle Films, circa December 1941. The segment, titled "Japs Bomb U.S.A.!," uses title cards and brief clips to describe events prior to,…

Film footage of the 1932 and 1933 National Air Races. The first segment features clips from the 1932 National Air Races, showing aircraft, pilots, officials, and spectators. Scenes include air races, aerobatics, parachute jumps, and formation flying.…

Film footage of the 1959 World Congress of Flight, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1959. The footage contains brief clips of military aircraft and spectators at the event. Scenes include aircraft taking off, in flight, demonstrating weapons, and performing aerial…

Photograph of a 40mm antiaircraft gun on the USS Essex (CV-9) firing at a Japanese kamikaze aircraft, May 14, 1945. Caption on envelope: "Japanese suicide heading for C-VL ahead of Essex bow 40 mm guns firing. May 14, 1945 / Archives #80-C-373793."

Photograph of 5-inch guns in action, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945.Inscription on verso: "5-inch gun mounts in action."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II,…

Photograph of Admiral Frederick C. Sherman (left) and other officers on Mogmog Island, Ulithi, February 1945.Inscription on verso: "Feb. 1945 / Admiral F. C. Sherman and friends ashore at Ulithi."Caption on album page: "Mog Mog / Feb 1945 / Admiral…

Photograph of Admiral Frederick C. Sherman (second from left) and others on Mogmog Island, Ulithi, circa 1945.Caption on album page: "Adm. Sherman and friends."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with…

Photograph of Admiral Montgomery Taylor, U.S. Navy, and an unidentified man standing near the tail of a Ford Tri-Motor aircraft (tail number NC-432H), August 25, 1932.Inscription on verso: "Adm. Taylor. Aug. 25, '32."Part of a photograph album…