Opening slate refers to President Wilson departing from Brest, Finistere, France, to return to the U.S. on June 29, 1919. View of the president and party descending stairs from Wharf to a dock, where they board a French Gun Boat. View of the presidential party looking aft from the French boat with her tricolor colors flying. Smoke rises from the shore where a battery of guns is firing a 21-gun salute. Members of the Presidential party step from the French boat and up a ladder to a floating dock beside the USS George Washington ocean liner. President and Mrs Edith Wilson pose on the dock as other members of their party join them and all board the ocean liner through a door in her side. Passengers and crew aboard the USS George Washington celebrate the 4th of July in the middle of the Atlantic ocean en route from France to the U.S. They watch pairs of sailors, in boxing gloves, straddling a massive horizontal pole, attempting to unseat their opponents. Members of the Presidential party, along with many servicemen, watch the fun from the ship's hurricane deck. President and Mrs. Wilson are right at the deck railing.
U.S. Navy post-World War 1exercise in the Atlantic ocean. A U.S. destroyer billowing black smoke while underway. Sailor and Ensign on board spot target "enemy" warships through binoculars. Sailor reports information below decks by speaking into pipe on deck. Lieutenant Commander comes on deck to confirm sighting. Several vessels including battleships, destroyers and other warships spotted in the binoculars vision (image is shown cropped as if seen through binoculars). Crew members man the deck guns. Sailors gathered around a 5-inch gun. Sailors look at a warship underway at full steam, with heavy black smoke billowing from her stack. Water breaks over bow of ship. Guns fired from U.S. Navy battleship and other ships. Heavy smoke rises from the battleship after firing guns. Sailors along deck railings watch the action.
A still photograph of a U.S. Navy Curtiss NC-4 Aircraft. It was the first aircraft to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in a 1919 flight to Lisbon spanning 19 days with multiple stops. Civilian men and women standing near the airplane on an airfield.
On May 8, 1919 three Navy-Curtiss three-engine flying boats, the NC-1 commanded by Patrick N.L. Bellinger, the NC-3 commanded by John H. Towers and NC-4 commanded by Albert C. Read, take off from the Rockaway Beach Naval Air Station on first leg of transatlantic flight. Aircraft are readied for flight. Sailors hand supplies to crewman on NC-4. Sailors scramble all over NC-3 handling last minute preparations. Naval Commander John H. Towers, in charge of the expedition, poses for a picture. NC-1 in the water with line to a ship. Officers on board ship release weather balloon. NC-3 taxis out in the water and accelerates for takeoff, followed by NC-4, later seen airborne. NC-1 taxis out and is seen airborne. Views of the NC flying boats aloft.
U.S. Battleships underway in formation, in heavy seas, in the Atlantic Ocean. The USS Mississippi (BB-41) leading, followed by USS Wyoming (BB-32) and others, circa 1920. USS Arizona (BB-39) at anchor and then steaming, circa 1919. View of the line of battleships in formation, led by the USS Mississippi (BB-41) and followed by Wyoming (BB-32), Arkansas (BB-33), New York (BB-34) and Texas (BB-35), circa 1920
Opens with slate that says 'Crossing the Line'. Depicts King Neptune shellback initiation ceremony aboard USS Idaho in the Atlantic Ocean en route to Rio de Janeiro. Slate indicates that President Elect of Brazil de Pessoa was on board. Sailors lie down on the ship deck. The captain welcomes King Neptune's messengers aboard the ship. They inform the captain that King Neptune will visit his ship. King Neptune and Queen Amphitrite are welcomed aboard the ship by the captain. The ship's officers are introduced to the Royal visitors. Queen Amphitrite meets old friends. The Court of King Neptune with sailors dressed in various costumes. The Royal barber shaves and cleans each sailor. The sailors are immersed in Neptune's salty water. View of a certificate awarded to a sailor following his successful initiation.
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