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New U.S. Navy recruits arrive at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center in Chicago, Illinois
New recruits for the U.S. Navy line up on a train platform after arriving in Chicago. Sailors in uniform organize the recruits into groups. The next scene shows the recruits, carrying personal belongings, being escorted through the gates of the Great lakes Naval Training Center. Several U.S. Navy officers step from an official staff car and are seen posing in front of a flag pole at the Navy Station. The senior officer is Captain William A. Moffett, USN, Commandant of the center, flanked by a Lieutenant Commander and a Lieutenant, and two other officers in the background. Captain Moffett is later seen observing the new recruits as they are escorted on the base. Next, the recruits are seen carrying white towels as they march to a building where they will be issued personal clothing and uniforms. Later they are seen marching in their new summer uniforms, carrying their original civilian luggage. Under the watchful eyes of the officers, the new sailors use their new mess kits to get food from a chow line. Captain Moffett watches and converses with other officers (not seen). The recruits are next seen, in winter blues, exiting a building carrying their bedding, and presumably headed toward their billets. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Sailors in training sit in an amphitheater while a band plays at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station
U.S. sailors in training at the Great Lakes Training Center, sit in an amphitheater, in a glade, as a band plays. Camera pans over the large filled circular seating area. The sailors all rise at a command, and salute the colors, as the National Anthem is played. They then take their seats, again. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Sailors graduating from Basic training demonstrate marching skills at U.S. Naval training Center in Chicago,United States.
Graduation Day for a class of recruits at the U.S. Naval Training Center, Chicago, Illinois. Captain William A. Moffett, USN, Commandant of the center is on a reviewing stand with his Lieutenant Commander, assistant. A French military officer and two French officials, are also present. Spectators are crowded around the reviewing stand. The new sailors are seen, from atop the administration building, lined up in formation behind the Center's flag pole from which a large American flag flies. Others are marching in review past the stand, which is now filled with high-ranking naval officers. The spectators around the reviewing stand can also be seen better. In next sequence, a huge Navy brass band marches toward the reviewing stand en masse and then executes to the rear march by columns, all while playing their instruments. They remain in place and play during the rest of the activities. More massed sailors march, followed by several contingents pulling French 75 artillery pieces. Spectators can be seen all around the parade grounds. Beginning as a huge single formation covering more than half the parade ground, sailors start marching in maneuvers that create patterns. Then a square formation of sailors marches along the field, enclosing a moving color guard, like a fortress. Closeup of new sailors marching with shouldered arms. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Amelita Galli Curci and famous Italian songbirds auction apples to aid war stricken countrymen in Chicago, Illinois.
Amelita Galli Curci and famous Italian singers auction apples to aid war stricken countrymen in Chicago, Illinois during World War I. A woman and a man auction apples. People bid for the apples.
Chicago girls paint kegs to collect money for Allied food relief in Chicago, Illinois during World War I.
Chicago girls collect money for Allied food relief in Chicago, Illinois during World War I. The painted kegs kept in a line. The girls stand behind the kegs. The girls stand in a group and paint the kegs. The girls stand in a line painting the kegs. The girls talks to each other. A girl holds a poster in her hands which reads 'Food'. The kegs kept in front of a shop. A man puts money in a keg. A young woman holds a keg which reads "Food For France Fund."
People crowd in front of the City Hall and cheer as the United States flag is hoisted in Chicago, Illinois during World War I.
Armenia's new national flag is unfurled in Chicago, Illinois during World War I. People crowd in front of the City Hall. A woman and a girl hold the U.S. flag. The U.S. flag is hoisted. People cheer as the flag is raised up.