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Mobilization and Review of U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Division Two in Seattle Washington during World War II
The second annual mobilization and review of U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Division Two, in the 13th Naval District, during World War 2. The first thing seen is a portion of a letter from a Coast Guard SPARS woman to someone at home. She mentions having spoken to Mrs. F.D.R. Scene shifts to The mobilization and review event on Lake Washington, in Seattle, Washington which involves some 300 boats belonging to members of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, that parade in review. Secretary of the Navy, Frank Knox (not seen) along with high ranking naval officers, and the First Lady, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, are part of the reviewing party, as guests of Mr. O.D. Fisher, aboard his yacht. (The Coast Guard Auxiliary identification, CGA 2444, is seen clearly painted on its bow.) It is anchored off the north shore of Madronna Park Beach in Lake Washington. Views of the yacht with Mrs. Roosevelt and several admirals aboard. A woman officer, in the Coast Guard SPARS, is invited to chat with Mrs. Roosevelt. She sits down next to her. At one point, they both wave toward the camera. Later, two women SPARS stand on shore and converse with Mrs. Roosevelt, as she stands aboard the yacht.
Men load locomotives aboard SS Hannibal Victory and lay pine timbers to cushion the weights of locomotives, San Francisco.
A film depicts how victory ship, SS Hannibal Victory delivered a cargo of 8 railroad locomotives, tenders, flatcars, rails etc. from San Francisco to the U.S. Army in the Philippines. A man cleans a plaque of SS Hannibal Victory ship with a cloth. The chassis stacked at the port . A trolley tows the freight car underframes. The stevedores and longshoremen at work . They load freight car underframes aboard SS Hannibal Victory. The freight car underframes is hoisted and lowered aboard the deck. K-rations, cots, hospital supplies like bandages and plasma loaded in the spaces between the cargo. Men aboard the ship at work. The eight full-grown railroad engines complete with tenders taken towards the ship on the railroad flat cars. Men stand near a locomotive on the railroad flat car. The men aboard a ship and at the dock. A man attaches ropes to the locomotive. The hoisted locomotive is taken aboard the ship. A man directs. The locomotive is cautiously lowered at the deck. A crane operator operates the controls. The locomotive is being lowered. The men giving directions. The men lay road bits and big pine timbers to cushion the weights of the big locomotives . Several views of men turn buckle and put steel rod assemblies to the deck , clamped them tight and wedged chained and bolted them down. A chief with his wife walk and talk. A view of the city in the background. They walk towards the dock. The men covering the locomotives. The chief and his wife cross a road and walk along streets of San Francisco with harbor views behind them. Cars parked on side of the road. The crane operator seated at controls. Men finishing the end tasks. The chief meets his wife before leaving. The chief boars the ship. His wife stands at the dock. Men aboard the ship at work.
A new propeller, to change the course of the ship, is developed and tested for the U.S. Navy in Bremerton, Washington.
Testing of a new propeller in Bremerton, Washington. View of the newly developed propeller for the U.S. Navy. A professor of Washington University, the inventor of the propeller, beside the device. View of the blades of the propeller, changing the pitch of which changes the course of the ship. A landing craft on which the propeller is tested. The landing craft moving forward on the water. The professor with another man on the craft. The craft turning the direction by changing the pitch of the blades. Men beside the propeller.
Models display matching footwear for summer dresses, dinner gowns and holiday dresses at a fashion parade in New York City.
A fashion parade in New York City, New York. Three models displaying summer dresses and matching hats during the fashion parade. Foot wear with a bow and another one with metallic beadings on black that goes with the dresses. Two models displaying dinner gowns. A display of matching black footwear for the gowns. A few models displaying dresses for holidays. One of them wearing a scarf over her head. View of matching striped footwear and another one with butterfly bows on the front. A display of footwear for the beach. A model smiling.
Contestants release bowling balls and pins fall during a bowling tournament in Kansas City, Missouri.
The Women's International Bowling Congress in Kansas City, Missouri. Women bowling at a bowling alley during a bowling tournament. The lanes in the alley. The pins fall down. The audience applaud. A man and a few women seated in the front row of the audience. The man holding a child on his lap. A woman holding a bowling ball moves towards the lane. Several contestants releasing the balls and the pins falling down during the contest. Closeup views of bowling ball hitting pins. Human pin-setter seen behind pins, dropping into view to reset pins between frames.
Motorcyclists ride up a rocky hill and people watch them in Wenatchee, Washington.
Motorcycle hill climbing in Wenatchee, Washington. Motorcyclists lined up for a rocky hill ride. Several people standing behind the motorcyclists. Men riding the motorbikes on the rocky hill. One of them falls down. People stand around and watch the dangerous stunt riding. A motorcycle races leaving trails of mud and dirt. A man watching the motorcyclist.
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