Original footage and supplemental reenactment of event that took place about a week earlier when the U.S. Navy Zeppelin, USS Akron (ZRS-4) attempted to dock for refueling at Camp Kearny, San Diego, California. In clips from that actual event, spectators watch as a hundred Navy ground crew sailors attempt to hold down the dirigible. But one of the Akron cable rings breaks and the sailors are unable to hold her. All let go of the lines except for three sailors, two of whom fell to their deaths. Scenes are shown of the remaining sailor, Bud Cowart of Sand Springs, Oklahoma, as he hangs on for more than an hour until the USS Akron crew pulls him through a port hole to safety aboard the air ship. Views shot about a week later show officers inside the Akron and Sailor Cowart aboard the airship.
Men work in an ammunition factory in the United States. Ammunition stacked inside a building. Men write down information about the shells. Interior of the factory. Men work on a gun barrel inside the factory. Other men watch. An officer discusses with a man. Artillery lined up on the battlefield. Soldiers stand near the artillery. (World War II period).
Artifacts used by former Hawaiian Royalty. A pair of thrones. A royal cloak and headgear. Royal crowns. Portraits of Hawaiian King David Kalekaua (or Kalakaua) and Queen Kapiolani. Painting of conflict (Perhaps an artist's interpretation of armed Americans coming ashore from the USS Boston,in 1893? ) Painting of a modern ocean liner underway at sea.
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.
Plantation in Honolulu Hawaii. An oxen pulls a plow with a farmer behind it. Banana plantation in an area. Views of the banana and sugarcane fields. Workers cut and strip the cane using hand tools. They place the canes in a flume. The flume crosses a valley. Flume at crushing mill by water.
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