The U.S. Naval Training Center in Great Lakes, Illinois. Two sailors stand holding different clothes. One of the sailor holds up a pair of shorts, under shirts, one long and one short sleeved. He also holds long under pants, pajama pants, a parka, a sweater, puttees, a dark cap, a white cap and a stocking cap.
Group of U.S. Navy sailors in training during World War I, having completed initial training at Natal Station Great Lakes, prepare to depart for training at new camps or other assignments. American sailors stand in ranks with sea bags or duffel bags. Some of them leave the barracks with the sea bags. They march out past a guard shack.
U.S. Navy sailors in barracks at the Naval Station Great Lakes during World War 1 training. Men stand in ranks in the barracks. Hammocks rolled and tied to rafters. Men let down the hammocks, unroll and untie them. They sleep in the hammocks. The men wake up. Some of the men swing down from the hammocks, roll and tie them up. The men walk in a line to shower area. The sailors take showers.
U.S. Navy sailors in training at a parade field of the Great Lakes Naval training station north of Chicago Illinois. The sailors march in formation. Smoke from a chimney in the background. Buildings in the foreground. A sailor blows a bugle. The sailors carrying rifles march beside troops. They stand at attention in formation. They stand in ranks and go through a rifle drill. They put bayonets on rifles and perform drill. They put the bayonets in scabbards. Men march and stand in a rank. They stack rifles and move backwards. Some of them move forward and pick up the rifles.
During World War I, at Great Lakes Naval Training Station, U.S. Navy sailors in training engage in recreational activities. A sailor pretends to hypnotize two men. Other sailors watch them. They laugh watching the hypnotist and his subjects.
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.
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