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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 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…

Photograph of an AERCAB (Aerial Escape and Rescue Capability) ejection seat, California, January 7, 1970. Typed on verso: "Official United States Photography - Cleared for publication - U.S. Naval Aerospace Recovery Facility - El Centro, California…

Oblique aerial photograph of buildings and a landing pad at a United States Navy base in Nhà Bè, Vietnam, circa 1970-1971. Caption from donor: "Nha Be Naval Heli-port."

Aerial photograph of an army base in Vietnam after an aerial bombing, May 13, 1972. Labels note the locations of supply buildings and an open storage area. Image taken by Attack Squadron 195 (VA-195) of the United States Navy.

Aerial photograph of an army base in Vietnam after an aerial bombing, May 13, 1972. Labels note the locations of storage buildings, barracks buildings, and the site of a secondary explosion. Image taken by Reconnaissance Attack Squadron VA-195 of the…