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.
U.S. Navy sailors in training during World War I take time to play cards for fun. Sailors seated around a table at the Naval Station Great Lakes. They play cards. Several other sailors watch them playing.
U.S. Navy sailors engage in recreational activities during their World War 1 training at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, north of Chicago, in the United States. Two sailors box. Other sailors stand nearby and watch the boxing match. A group of sailors sings. One of them plays a mandolin and another plays a guitar. A sailor jumps into the middle of the gathered group and dances to the music.
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. sailors in training view different weapons in the United States during World War 1 training at the Naval Station Great Lakes. Sailors gather around displayed weapons. Instructors explain to them. A group of sailors gathers around a torpedo. An instructor explains to them. The group stands around a mine. Two machine guns on tripods. Two sailors stand behind a gun. The group gathers around a deck gun with a sighting device. A building of the Station in the background.
During World War I, U.S. Navy sailors in training at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station in the United States. The sailors are seen near Curtiss F-Boat aircraft hangars near the water. Airplanes half out of the hangar doors. The sailors pull a seaplane out of a hangar. They move it down a wooden ramp towards Lake Michigan.