Caption: John D. Ryan, director of aircraft production, speaks to a crowd during the launching and christening ceremonies for the first Handley-Page bombing machine built in the The event took place on July 29, 1918 in Elizabeth, This photograph is labeled 19939 and marked "For Official Use Only."

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