U.S. Navy sailors march during training exercises in the United States at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station near North Chicago. The sailors march in ranks on a parade field. They hold rifles. Buildings of the Station in the far background. Some of the sailors stand at attention. They undergo a rifle drill. They put bayonets in scabbards and pretend to aim and fire from standing position. The sailors march in formation. Smoke from a chimney in the foreground.
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 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.
German Wasserfall missile, a surface to air missile being test fired in Germany during World War 2. Wasserfall anti-aircraft rocket (Wasserfall Ferngelenkte Flakrakete) on a launch pad near a hangar. Missile lifts off emitting a thick smoke trail. Missile in flight. Missile descends leaving behind a vapor trail. (Note: Location is the island "Greifswalder Oie" - seen the test stand from the north looking south from the small west coast access road.)
German Wasserfall missile, a surface to air missile being test fired in Germany during World War 2. Wasserfall missile lifts somewhat unsteadily from pad. Missile heads skyward emitting flame and smoke. A high-speed timer is shown in the foreground. (Note: Location is Greifswalder Oie - just south of the central test stand - looking north)
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler's companion Eva Braun's family aboard a ship underway in the North Atlantic Ocean. Men from Eva's family and others clad in white clothes come on to the deck of the ship for a Line Crossing ceremony (probably to mark crossing of the Arctic Circle). Those conducting the ceremony are dressed in costumes, some as warriors. One is dressed as King Neptune. Ceremony being performed on the deck to initiate those who are crossing the line (Arctic circle) for the first time. Officers and other passengers look on. The new initiates are subjected to many hijinks, such as mock shaving for the men. The affair is terminated as the intitiates are prodded into the swimming pool aboard the ship. Some of them are being thrown into the pool as others look on.
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