Vessel in trouble is sighted and alarm bell sounded on shore of Lake Michigan near Muskegon, Michigan. Men of U.S. Coast Guard Life Saving Station No 269, Muskegon, Michigan, roll Breeches buoy equipment from the station and rush to shore to set it up. Line thrown over vessel using a Lyle Gun. Lines anchored deep in sand. Breeches buoy sent out to vessel and a sailor passenger is brought to shore. Equipment returned to shelter. A light house and beach patrol framed by a U.S. Coast Guard life preserver.
Single beach patrol walks along shoreline of Lake Michigan, near Muskegon, Michigan. Motorized life boat removed from U.S. Coast Guard Life Saving Station No 269, Muskegon, Michigan by eight man crew dressed in foul weather gear. The Coast Guardsmen launch the boat on tracks from shelter to shore. Sail hoisted in a heavy sea.
Coast Guard men practice surf boat techniques in Muskegon Harbor of Lake Michigan, Muskegon, Michigan. A man looks upward while rowing boat with others. View from inside moving surf boat as Coast Guard personnel row.
U.S. Coast Guard Life Saving Station No 269, Muskegon, Michigan. Lake Vessel Bay State. Exterior of station, crew's quarters, communications room and dining area. Boat drill, signal drills with semaphore flags and patrol drill. A victim washed ashore is placed on a blanket, given artificial respiration and transfered to a stretcher.
Pedestrian and street car traffic at intersection of a street in Detroit, Michigan (1920). View of road with hairpin curves (1916). Views of City Street with pedestrians, buses and automobile traffic in Detroit, Michigan (1929). Heavy automobile traffic on Miller Road in Detroit, Michigan (1929).
A baseball game being played at Navin Field, in Detroit, Michigan. Based on the uniforms, the size of the crowd, and the action seen in the clip, this is very likely the second game of a doubleheader played by the Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox May 30, 1916, on the holiday then known as Decoration Day (now Memorial Day). Clip opens with shots of one White Sox player, two Tigers players hitting. Camera pans across packed stands. Tigers outfielder and Hall of Famer Ty Cobb (with split grip on bat) reaches out to get a hit. White Sox catcher Ray Schalk removes mask, gets ready for throw. Detroit player tries to score; Schalk receives the ball, applies the tag. Umpire's call is difficult to discern. Action shifts to an overhead view. Three White Sox players score on a hit, the last one sliding past an attempted tag by Detroit catcher Oscar Stanage. Detroit pitcher Harry Coveleski gets final out of the inning. Detroit player reaches first base on infield error. The next batter pokes a ball over first baseman for a single. Other Tigers players hit. The Tigers would win this game 9-8.
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