Christening ceremony of 6 cargo ships and 2 U.S. Navy Destroyers at a shipyard in Maine, United States, during World War 2. A sign reads '48 days' representing a new record achieved in building a ship in only 48 days. People gathered for the christening ceremony. Women stand holding flowers. The crowd gathered at the shipyard cheers. Men and women open champagne bottles. Various ships slide down ways into the water during launch.
Filipino soldiers (U.S. Army soldiers of Philippines descent) are trained in California, United States during World War II. Filipino soldiers march in a squad. The soldiers stand in formation. Cars parked in the foreground. The soldiers advance. They learn tactics of modern warfare. Aircraft in flight. The soldiers come out from foxholes and advance. The soldiers move on a grass field. Buildings in the background.
A battle fleet of the U.S. Navy near the Golden Gate Bridge, then under construction, in San Francisco. Cables have been completed for the bridge but roadway is not yet built. The battle fleet steaming out to sea.
Waterfront views of the San Francisco: Oakland Bay Bridge (Aka "Bay Bridge"). U.S. Navy warships can be seen in the distance, along with passenger ferry boats. Yerba Buena Island can be seen. Views of a Japanese freighter, a smaller ship, and a ferry boat heading into its terminal at the San Francisco Ferry Building on The Embarcadero.
U.S. Navy sailors strolling in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California. A fountain statue in a park and water spraying from it. Pillars and steps of the Temple of Music. Two sailors, smoking, climb down the steps. People in the background. The sailors talk to each other. They walk near the fountain in the background.
Activities of Navy personnel aboard the battleship USS Pensylvania (BB-38) as makes its way toward San Francisco. A bugler blows a call on topside. Numerous views of the bugler with his horn. Sky and water in the background. The ship sways. The ship passing under the unfinished Golden Gate Bridge. Cables have been strung, but no further progress is noticeable. Heavy fog which partly obscures the top of the bridge piers. View from foredeck of the superstructure of USS Pennsylvania, as it passes underneath the cables of the Golden Gate Bridge. A gong aboard the ship. Mess cooks work on a potato cutter aboard the ship. A close up of the gong. The bugler blows a bugle on topside.
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