U.S. Army Major General Andrew Moses, Commander, Hawaii Division and Schofield Barracks, converses with another officer in front of a relief map of part of Hawaii. The desk of Major General Hugh A. Drum, Commanding General, U.S. Army Pacific, at his headquarters in Hawaii. General Drum sits at his desk and performs administrative tasks.
U.S. Army gun crews manning railroad guns as they proceed along a railroad. A field filled with massive columns of thousands of American soldiers in precise formations, performing drills. Army demolition teams blowing up parts of hillside to prepare defensive positions. Bulldozers and steam shovels removing rock and earth. Railroad gun crews maneuver their gun barrels as their train is in motion. Steam locomotive train moving and pulling the railroad guns.
U.S. Army sentries walking their respective posts near what appears to be a 16 inch gun pointed seaward. They and the gun are silhouetted against the sky. Views of a heavy gun zooming in on the front of the barrel where inscriptions read: "_ inch No.4 Ord. Dept. U.S.A. Mod of 1907 V" and "Waterford Arsenal 1910." U.S. Army artillerymen set up a heavy gun in hills of Hawaii. An armorer transports a shell to a heavy gun on a wheeled carrier. A gun crew loads and rams the shell into the gun. View from end of barrel as shell is loaded from the breech.
Photographic portraits,in a museum, showing with names and travel information about early American pioneer settlers in Hawaii. Includes photographs of the so-called "Pioneer Company" that arrived at Kailua, on the Brigantine Thaddeus, after 164 days at sea, from Boston, Massachusetts, landing at Monolala, April 19, 1820. Likewise, photos of settlers in the "Second Company" are shown. They arrived on the Schooner Aclife, from Tahiti, on February 4, 1823, and other who arrived on the Ship Thames, sailing 158 days from New Haven, Connecticut, arriving at Honolulu. Among pioneers identified are: Samuel Ruggles and his wife, Nancy; Artemas Bishop and Mrs Della (Stone) Bishop; and Mrs Clarissa Richards.
U.S. Admiral, Claude C. Bloch, Commander, Battle Force, U.S. Fleet, meeting with members of his staff, in his office at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. A U.S. Navy Captain, sits at his right, and other members sit with backs to camera. A map of Pearl Harbor is on the wall. Admiral Bloch conducts routine business with his staff.
Business activities in Honolulu, Hawaii. A man instructs women in a room. A woman makes a bed. Another woman sits in a chair. Models get dressed up. Clothes displayed on mannequins. A woman helps the fashion models to get dressed. The woman gives a hat to a model.