Activities of men at a harbor in the United States. Ships docked at the harbor. Men gather at the harbor. The men unload supplies from trucks. Cases of military rations stacked at the harbor. Sailors walking on the street. Buildings along the sides of the street. Sailors coming out of a building. A sign on the building reads: 'Fleet Recreation Center Enlisted Personnel'. Some of the sailors are smiling and joking around.
The United States Naval Academy in the United States. The midshipmen marching in formation on the grounds of the academy. A few middies holding flags. The officers at the reviewing stand. The middies seated on chairs. An officer addresses them.
Aircraft in flight in the United States. An aircraft taxiing on the runway. The aircraft takes off. Several aircraft flying in formation overhead.
Activities of the U.S. Navy in the United States. The U.S. Navy sailors stand in formation on the ground in Elizabeth, New Jersey. The sailors holding rifles march in formation. Trees in the background. Men firing guns from a battleship underway at sea. The pilot boarding the aircraft. Several aircraft parked on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier underway at sea. Battleships underway at sea in column formation. (World War II period).
The United States Naval Academy in the United States. The midshipmen seated on chairs. An officer standing at the podium, addresses the midshipmen. Other officials seated on chairs in the background. The officer speaks about the U.S. Army and the duties the middies have to perform. The midshipmen cheering and applauding after the address.
General Billy Mitchell wearing fur coat and western style hat. Animated illustration of U.S. Army Martin bomber operating at 15 thousand feet during the famous demonstrations of air power against battleships, in 1921. This was possible because the aircraft engines were supercharged, an outgrowth of Dr. Sanford Moss's developments at General Electric Company.World War 2 scenes of U.S. Army Air Forces aircraft that use supercharged engines: P-51s; P-47s; P-38s; B-24s; B-17s and B-29s. View of atomic bomb explosion.