Workers work in a Ford automobile engine factory in the United States. Engine blocks on assembly line. Engine blocks being milled. White workers and African American workers assemble engines.
Ship scrapping at a dockyard in the United States. Hull of scrapped ship on a dry dock. Workers cut plating with acetylene torches. Section of plating being lifted with the help of a crane. Piles of beams at a shore.
The Naval Operating Base, Hampton Roads, in 1925 (re-designated "U.S. Naval Station Norfolk," in 1945). Opening scene shows Senior Naval officers (mostly captains plus a couple of rear admirals) seated in front row, and two rows of others officers standing behind them. At one point, they all remove their caps. Behind them is a concrete wall. But tops of some some buildings can be seen behind in the background. Closeup of a seated young rear admiral flanked by captains. In change of scene, all the officers are seen standing at attention, side-by-side on a gravel waterfront area, with a river and numerous buildings on the opposite shore visible in background. The camera pans across the assembled officers. Next, officers are seen on the waterfront, marching in white hats and carrying swords. (In these scenes, the motion is too fast, due to lack of compensation for low hand cranking speed of source camera.) The officers stop and stand in formation, and then march away.
Vice Admiral Edward W. Eberle at Naval Operating Base, Hampton Roads in 1925. (The base was re-designated "U.S. Naval Station Norfolk," in 1945). Opening scene shows Admiral Eberle, Chief of Naval Operation, standing on deck of a ship with a captain, a Commander, and a Lieutenant Commander. They are pointing and peering through binoculars at objects (likely aircraft) passing overhead. Next, a Navy launch is seen entering a channel and moving toward the camera. It arrives at a dock is made secure by sailors. Vice Admiral Eberle then steps to the dock, followed by a Captain, a Commander, and several other naval officers, who line up on the dock They exchange salutes with the Admiral, who then ascends stairs followed by his retinue. The last scene is reconstituted and re-filmed. This time, naval staff officers are lined up beside the launch. They salute as Admiral Eberle steps from the launch, followed only by a staff Lieutenant Commander. The admiral then proceeds up steps, followed by officers on his staff. Another scene shows Admiral Eberle, standing on the dock with senior members of his staff behind him.
U.S. sailors at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia. A dock shows Norfolk Naval Shipyard buildings. Battleship at the dock. U.S. Army personnel aboard a ship and on the dock. A U.S. official speaks to a group of servicemen. Sailors march along a road. The sailors come to a stop and march again. Two navy officers talk to each other.
A U.S. Navy training at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia. U.S. sailors signal a ship. A sign on a raised structure reads 'Exhale'. A sailor turns over the signboard. U.S. Navy Nurse Corps women take part in a drill.