Our Navy in the World War and Lindbergh: The Epic Trans-Atlantic Flight, 1927

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Scope and Contents

Our Navy in the World War is an educational film produced by United States Navy. The film uses archival footage interspersed with intertitles to explain the U.S. Navy's accomplishments and involvement in World War I. There is footage taken from a U-boat of water-based explosions. Subsequent intertitles explain the United States' entry into the war. Footage of a great number of people being transported on a naval ship followed by footage of two African-American men tap-dancing for a largely Caucasian crowd on the ship's deck. This shot is followed by more footage of explosions. The film ends with an image of the Official Navy Seal and Coat of Arms.
Lindbergh: The Epic Trans-Atlantic Flight is a newsreel about Charles Lindbergh's trans-Atlantic flight. Intertitles and archival footage tell the story of the numerous fateful attempts by people to cross the Atlantic by plane. There is footage of crashes, burning planes, etc, as well as footage of the actual people who attempted the flight before Charles Lindbergh. Intertitles and footage then tell the story Charles Lindbergh's successful trans-Atlantic flight.

Dates

1927

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