Men and women working in a building in the United States. Interior of the building. Men and women making chewing gums. They work on various equipment. Trays on a table. Women standing nearby and working.
Wounded and recovering veteran soldiers in the United States learn new skills and practice physical therapy after World War 1. Exterior of a building. Recuperating U.S. Army soldiers accompanied by nurses leave the building by way of a long ramp. Vehicles drive past the building. Interior of an office. An assignment officer interviewing soldiers. The soldiers operate machine tools and a pedal-driven saw. A man with bandaged eyes making wicker furniture. A display of lamps and other small articles. Disabled veterans walk along a hallway. Men exercising in a gymnasium. A photographer sets up a studio portrait of a soldier.
Occupational training for recovering and disabled U.S. soldiers in the United States after World War 1. Exterior of a building. A vehicle driving past on a street. Trainees in an automobile shop. Man with crutch under arm fixes an electrical outlet. Veterans participate in a orchestra and band rehearsal. Other men working. They install electrical wiring in a building under construction.
Instructor issues instructions by phone to a boy, wearing a headset, who operates electrical switches on a circuit board, in response. Two boys wearing headsets, sitting at table holding what appear to be interlinked radio components. One boy manipulates dials, as if tuning the radio. Camera pans the right where components including what appear to be stacked capacitors are being activated. Boys in a machine shop where machines are belt-driven from a common drive shaft overhead (out of sight). Closeup of one boy turning a metal part on a lathe. He makes measurement with calipers as the work progresses.
Destroyers of the U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet entering San Francisco harbor. Fortifications of the Presidio can be seen in distance. Smaller boats and sea birds are seen throughout the harbor. Destroyers maneuver in the harbor. Plum of steam seen from horn of a destroyer.
U.S. Navy warships escort camouflaged freighters. 2-stacked and 4-stacked destroyers are seen, one is camouflaged. A 4-stacker turns to starboard as a commercial vessel passes. The Navy ship has awnings spread over portions of the deck.