General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. AMERICAN PILOT RECEIVING CONGRAULATIONS FROM WARNER, AND ADM. MOFFETT, SCHNEIDER TROPHY RACES, NORFOLK, VA

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. AMERICAN PILOT RECEIVING CONGRAULATIONS FROM WARNER, AND ADM. MOFFETT, SCHNEIDER TROPHY RACES, NORFOLK, VA

1953

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/76737

1) MS ADM. MOFFETT AND ASST. SEC. NAVY WARNER CONGRATULATING TWO OFFICERS, ONE USN, ONE USMC, PLANES LEAVE BEACH AREAN AND TAKEOFF, THE RACE IS ON.2) LA MS PILOT GETTING INTO A FANCY LOOKING SEA PLANE.3) LA MS PILOT GETTING INTO COCKPIT OF PLANE, ON SIDE IS NAS, ANACOSTIA "2" US NAVY.4) LA MS NAVY PILOT GETS INTO PLANE BY WAY OF WING ON PLANE.5) MS PUSHING FLOAT PLANE INTO WATER FROM RAMP.6) G TO A SEVERAL FLOAT PLANES AS THEY PASS OVER HEAD, THESE ARE A REAL OLD TYPE OF PLANE.7) MS MAJOR MARIO DE BARNARDI (ITALIAN) RETURNS AS WINNER.QUALITY FAIR

eng, Latn

National Archives at College Park

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6502312

National Archives at College Park

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

Warner, John W. (John William), 1927-2021

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jn3226 (person)

John William Warner III (February 18, 1927 – May 25, 2021) was an American attorney and politician who served as the United States Secretary of the Navy from 1972 to 1974 and a five-term Republican U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1979 to 2009. Warner served as Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee from 1999 to 2001, and again from 2003 to 2007. He also served as the Chair of the Senate Rules Committee from 1995 to 1999. Born in Washington, D.C., Warner attended the elite St. Albans...

Moffett, William A. (William Adger), 1869-1933

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ng746j (person)

William Adger Moffett (October 31, 1869 – April 4, 1933) was an American admiral and Medal of Honor recipient known as the architect of naval aviation in the United States Navy. Moffett's Medal of Honor citation: For distinguished conduct in battle, engagements of Vera Cruz, 21-22 April 1914. Comdr. Moffett brought his ship into the inner harbor during the nights of the 21st and 22d without the assistance of a pilot or navigational lights, and was in a position on the morning of the 22d to us...