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Old men voluntarily guard docks and ships for the United States Coast Guard in the United States.
'So's Your Old Man' depicts activities of older American men in the United States Coast Guard during World War II. Recruitment of older men in coast guard service. A doctor examines an old man. The man seated with his wife in his house listening to a radio. He arrives at a building. 'US Coast Guard Volunteer Security Force' written on the top of a cabin. The man talks to other man seated in the cabin. Training being given to the older men. They march. Buildings along a side. The men seated in a class room. An officer explains a model to them. They practice drilling. They hit target boards with pistols. The men in coast guard uniforms stand in formation. An officer reviews them. Auxiliary Coast Guard patrol vessels. Men guard Liberty ships and warehouses. Women give them coffee and doughnuts.
Merchant ships in the United States throughout American history.
A film titled: 'Cavalcade of the American Merchant Marine' depicts legislative and maritime history of the U.S. Merchant Marine. Various large masted ships seen to represent historical ships of the 18th century and 19th century. A large masted ship underway at sea in the United States. Men work on the ship. They stand on the deck of the ship. Men sboard the ship during a heavy storm. Reeanctment of old merchant ships at port. Mountains in the background.
Merchant Marines work on ship and dramatization of Clipper ships sailing during the California Gold Rush of 1849 in the U.S.
The legislative and maritime history of the U.S. Merchant Marine. Group of men gathered at a stream bed digging and panning for gold. Dramatization of a sailing ship leaving dock as gathered crowd of men, women, and children wave goodbye from dock during mid 1800's Gold Rush. Merchant Marine sailing ships underway at sea. Men working on a clipper ship. Views of tall sailing clipper ships at full sail and in storms with dramatization of crews battling to stay afloat during storm. Clipper ships round Cape Horn during the California Gold Rush of 1849 (dramatized). Fulton's steamship, the North River Steamboat, or Clermont, sails up the Hudson River. Smoke from the stacks of the steam ship. View of a steamship overtaking a sailing vessel at sea, as narrator describes the demise of the tall sailing ships after the arrival of the steamship. (World War II period).
Construction of western railroad lines in the United States; growth on Merchant Marines; Spanish-American War ships
The legislative and maritime history of the U.S. Merchant Marines. Western railroad lines under construction in the United States. Groups of men driving in railroad ties for western railroad expansion in late 1800s (reenactment). Horse drawn wagons carry equipment for railroad construction. Men work constructing railroads. A gusher oil well spraying oil. View of a port area with many idle tall sailing ships and merchant vessels docked in the harbor, seemingly replaced by railroads as chief method of transporting goods. Close up of a masthead of a woman on one of the sailing ships. Reduction in the number of ships because of inadequate financial assistance by the government. Reenacted portrayal of ironclad ship ramming a wooden tall sailing ship during Civil War. Actual footage from 1898 of U.S. military forces unloading foreign-bought ships during Spanish American War of 1898. U.S. soldiers unload supplies and bring them ashore on beaches of Cuba. View of paddle wheel steam ship named "City of Memphis" steaming on Mississippi River. Smoke from the stacks of the ship. Tug boats push massive freight loads along a waterway in the United States. Men on the deck of a ship that is cutting through ice during spring thaw on the Great Lakes. Ship passing through lock of a domestic U.S. canal. View from inside the wheel house a large domestic waterway ship in the United States.
Men aboard U.S. merchant ships underway at sea in the United States after the declaration of war in World War I.
The legislative and maritime history of the U.S. Merchant Marines. Newspaper headlines in the United States read: 'SS Vigilancia', 'Torpedoed', 'US declares war' during World War 1. Women march in a parade with a banner "Wake Up America". President Woodrow Wilson with military and other officials marching on a New York City street decked out for a parade. U.S. infantry and cavalry pass led by General Pershing on streets of Paris France. Buildings along the sides of an American city street decorate with bunting for a parade. U.S. Army soldiers pass in parade review. Soldiers aboard a ship. The U.S. troop carrier ship underway at sea bound for Europe. Women and families on shore dock wave hands and scarves to the departing U.S. forces heading for the war front. Supplies being loaded onto a ship. Shipbuilders quickly working to build both steel and wooden ships to carry forces in the war, due to a lack of transport ships. A newly completed ship slides down the ways and takes float. Men standing on the deck of the ship. A newspaper headlines reads: 'War Ends'. A busy American shipbuilding and port area crammed with ships of all sizes. Ships sitting idle after World War I and some in disrepair including one with name "America" on the bow.
Activities of U.S Merchant Marines and American ships underway in the United States in the 1920's and 1930's.
The legislative and maritime history of the U.S. Merchant Marines in the period between World War 1 and World War 2. Newly launched German, Italian and Japanese ships underway at sea. Ships including the German liner Bremen and the Italian Ocean liner Rex are seen underway. People gather at a dock. American ship underway in heavy seas with waves crashing over. Point of view shot at heavy seas from deck of a ship. A man works in a ship radio room. A man watches through binoculars and uses a sextant. Sailors row a small boat with oars in heavy seas. A sailor decorated by officials of the Merchant Marines. Dock workers and ship construction workers at a shipbuilding yard in the United States working on building new ships. American liners are seen undereway including: SS Washington off shore of New York City skyline and skyscrapers, SS Manhattan also off shore of Manhattan, the SS Lurline, the SS Mariposa, and the SS President Hoover (named for Herbert Hoover) underway at sea. The U.S. flag fluttering from a flag pole. The text of the declaration of policy under the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 is shown.
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