U.S. Secretary of War Dwight F. Davis arrives at the Pearl Harbor. He is accompanied by Major General Fox Conner. They are greeted by Captain B. P. Duncan and Admiral Robert R. Marvel. They inspect the marine guard of honor. They stand at attention and salute the national flag.
U.S. Secretary of War Dwight F. Davis arrives at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. He reviews the Hawaiian Division. He is accompanied by Governor Farrington, Admiral Marvel and Major General Conner. They stand at a platform and review the troops. Major General Edwin B. Winans with staff on horses. Cavalry, wagons and infantry march on the ground. Soldiers hold flags and guns. Officials review the troops.
A ship dock at Kauai, Hawaii. Admiral Marvel boards the USS Pennsylvania. Soldiers line up on the ship and greet the Admiral. They salute him. Buildings and trees in the background. The battleship underway at sea. Smoke rises from the ship stacks. Soldiers at the Kealakekua Bay discovered by Captain James Cook on January 16, 1779.
Documentary titled 'A Prophecy Fulfilled', on the construction of telephone lines and growth of the telephone system. Views of serveral very early telephone models and telephone switchboard systems. Men talk on a primitive telephone system in United States. Scene of a chaotic telephone switchboard operator room staffed by teenage boys or young men. Pictorial view of telephone poles and lines. Picture of Alexander Graham Bell and his prophecy. Telephone poles and lines scattered across a country side.
Pictures show laying of underground telephone cables using a railroad car. Hand shows primitive telephone cables. A modern '1212 Pairs 2424 Wires' type of telephone cable. Man work on underground telephone cables. Men near a manhole lay underground telephone cable. A network of underground telephone lines. Man in switchboard office connects various telephone lines.
Horse carriages move down a road at countryside in United States. Telephone cables are transported in a circular box on a tracked vehicle. Man on a telephone pole works on telephone lines. Man splices the telephones cables and joins them. He applies hot lead at the wire-joints. Man tests for air holes in the cables to prevent moisture to enter.