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U.S. Navy

The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest, most capable navy in the world, with the highest combined battle fleet tonnage. Wikipedia*

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U.S. Navy has hosted 21 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 1942 Vignette. The year with the most events was 2001 with three events. The year with the highest average number of views per video was 1943 with an average of 3,865 views per video. Most appearances with John W. Warner (3), Vernon Clark (3), Nancy Reagan (2). Most common tags: Navy, World War II, American Perspectives.

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    History of Military Ballooning

    This U.S. Navy training film from 1944 described the history of balloon experimentation and development for military use.…

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    Naval Battles of The War of 1812

    This animated Navy Department Training Film produced in 1955 showed naval battles of the War of 1812. Reel America is an…

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    The Battle of Midway

    Hollywood director John Ford made an 18 minute documentary for the U.S. Navy about the Battle of Midway in June of 1942. The…

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    The Fleet that Came to Stay

    This film documents the Battle of Okinawa from the U.S. Navy’s point of view. In addition to describing Navy support for the…

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