Interior of a factory with a worm gear cutting machine in operation, New York City. Wheel of a machine moves. Liquid drops on wheel.
U.S. Coast Guard Life Saving Station No 269, Muskegon, Michigan. Lake Vessel Bay State. Exterior of station, crew's quarters, communications room and dining area. Boat drill, signal drills with semaphore flags and patrol drill. A victim washed ashore is placed on a blanket, given artificial respiration and transfered to a stretcher.
Coast Guard men practice surf boat techniques in Muskegon Harbor of Lake Michigan, Muskegon, Michigan. A man looks upward while rowing boat with others. View from inside moving surf boat as Coast Guard personnel row.
Single beach patrol walks along shoreline of Lake Michigan, near Muskegon, Michigan. Motorized life boat removed from U.S. Coast Guard Life Saving Station No 269, Muskegon, Michigan by eight man crew dressed in foul weather gear. The Coast Guardsmen launch the boat on tracks from shelter to shore. Sail hoisted in a heavy sea.
Vessel in trouble is sighted and alarm bell sounded on shore of Lake Michigan near Muskegon, Michigan. Men of U.S. Coast Guard Life Saving Station No 269, Muskegon, Michigan, roll Breeches buoy equipment from the station and rush to shore to set it up. Line thrown over vessel using a Lyle Gun. Lines anchored deep in sand. Breeches buoy sent out to vessel and a sailor passenger is brought to shore. Equipment returned to shelter. A light house and beach patrol framed by a U.S. Coast Guard life preserver.
Bear resting in a wooded area is struck by a small stick that drops from a tree, and it runs into the forest. Next scene shows a black bear in a cage, sitting up and raising up its right front paw several times, almost in a waving motion.