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U.S. sailors work on a Curtiss flying boat aircraft which takes off for a flight at Naval Station Great Lakes

U.S. Navy sailors in training near a seaplane during World War I. They look in the cockpit of the seaplane which is a Curtiss F-Boat. Two men in aviator garb. A sailor helps an aviator into a life preserver. The sailors work on the seaplane and turn a crank to start the engine. Some of the sailors lay wooden planks on water. They ease the flying boat with aviators aboard and propellers turning down the planks into water of Lake Michigan. Some buildings of the Great Lakes Naval Training Station visible in the background. The flying boat takes off and in flight. Change of scene and aerial view of a Kearsarge class battleship. Tugs off the starboard side. Scene change again to the Curtiss flying boat. The seaplane comes in for a landing.

Date: 1917
Duration: 2 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077396
Officers review as U.S. sailors march on grounds of U.S. Naval Training Station, Great Lakes

U.S. sailors march at U.S. Naval Training Station, Great Lakes (Naval Station Great Lakes) during World War I. A car driven across a long bridge. A freighter underway at sea. Brief slate between scenes reads, "Americans! The Navy needs Eyes to assist Lookouts on our Vessels. Will you help by loaning Binoculars, Spyglasses, and Telescopes? They will be returned to you after the war. Mark them with your name for identification and then send them to Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Naval Observatory, Washington D.C. Thanks! Uncle Sam." United States Navy sailors march. Officers review them. A building in the background and a cannon in the foreground.

Date: 1917
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077368
A sailor helps another sailor in putting on his uniform at Great Lakes Naval Training Station

Uniforms of U.S. Navy sailors in the United States in World War I. Two sailors at Naval Station Great Lakes fold and roll a neckerchief. A sailor places the neckerchief around the neck of the other sailor. He also helps the other with pea jacket, handling him rubber boots, shoes and helping him on with a poncho. The sailor puts on a cartridge belt, picks up a rifle and poses.

Date: 1917
Duration: 1 min 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077381
Navy recruits in civvies drill, salute while undergoing training at Naval Station Great Lakes facility near North Chicago

Recruits in civvies being trained at the Great Lakes Naval Station facility in the United States during World War I. Recruits in civilian clothing stand at attention. They run and salute. Houses in the background. Recruits in civvies drill beside uniformed men. They march into barracks. Trees in the background. Uniformed sailors drill. A group of civvies watch them.

Date: 1917
Duration: 2 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077382
U.S. Navy sailors seated on stools eat their food outside a mess hall of the Great Lakes Naval Training Center in the U.S.

Food for U.S. Navy sailors in training during World War I in the United States. Sailors outside mess facility at Naval Station Great Lakes seated on stools in a doorway. They eat food. A sailor in an apron poses. He holds a plate of food.

Date: 1917
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077383
U.S. sailors stand in a chow line and take food from trays and platters at Naval Station Great Lakes

Food for U.S. Navy sailors in training in the United States during World War I. At the Naval Station Great Lakes training facility, sailors seen near a large bin. A sign on the bin reads: 'The quickest way to reach a man's heart is through his stomach'. The sailors get plates from the bin and stand in a chow line. They choose food from trays and platters. Workers behind counters place food on plates as the sailors pass. Officers in a hall. Pictures on a wall. Men walk past. Officers, one with a notepad and a pencil in hand, watch a kitchen worker working out on a punching bag. A seaman poses on steps with a cut-out of the Statue of Liberty.

Date: 1917
Duration: 2 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077385