The German racing yacht "Germania" docked in the United States, where it is being refurbished following its purchase by Assistant Secretary of the Navy Gordon Woodbury. Views of the masts of the sail boat. Men working on deck. The ship's wheel with "Germania" painted on it. Yacht's linen with original initials of Bohlen and Halbach embroidered thereon. Views of interior, with leather easy chair. Dishes bearing seal of the Krupp-Germania shipyard in Kiel, where the yacht was built in 1908.
A Group of women pose, holding trays and dishes, next to a slate chalk board, containing a menu and pricing for food items on Friday, May 17th, 1918. The items are priced in British pennies. In a change of scene, women customers are seen leaving the building with food purchases.(one has a small dog on a leash.) Several stand and chat while they sip cups of tea. Back inside the building, three women smile as they hold food and empty dishes.
Animated save food campaign in the United States during World War I. A man adds numerous cubes of sugar to a cup of tea as he wishes he could join the armed forces, or do anything to win the war. Uncle Sam emerges from his sugar bowl and berates the man, saying "Why don't you help save sugar?" The man looks into the sugar bowl but sees noone. He smiles and pushes the sugar bowl away. Moon, stars, wheat sheaves, moonlit farm scene, is transformed into National symbol of U.S. Food Administration.
U.S. National Food Administration animated save food campaign in the United States during World War I. A man at a farm. Pigs and chicken at the farm. The man leans against a wooden fence with a wind mill in the background. A donkey symbolizing U.S. Army and a goat symbolizing U.S. Navy at the farm. A German man tries to steal away a pig from the farm but the United States Navy symbolized by the goat attacks the man. The American man empties out a bag brought by the German with the donkey, the goat, pigs and chickens in the background.
Animated save food campaign in the United States during World War I. Uncle Sam symbolizing Pied Piper plays a pipe musical instrument and lures all food items for the American troops during the war. Food from the shops follows the Pied Piper. Hams run from the butcher shop to join Uncle Sam. Walking grain bundles join Uncle Sam's food army. Sugar cubes in a restaurant jump from their containers to join the march. Next animated scene shows German Kaiser Wilhelm II (with sign "Bill" above his seat) as he notices all his food is gone from his bowl. He demands an explanation from his chef and cook staff. Animated caricature of Paul von Hindenburg joins scene with the Kaiser. They go outside to a porch and view the army of food as it follows Uncle Sam the Pied Piper. The animated Kaiser Wilhelm II and Paul von Hindenburg leap into the sea and a sea dragon eats them. Sea dragon then holds up sign "Food wins the war."
The save food campaign in the United States during World War I. Senator George Earle Chamberlain, of Oregon, representing the Agricultural Committee, coordinating the Food Control Bill within the Senate. He sits with another Senator, who signs off on the Bill. Herbert Hoover, Head of the U.S. Food Administration, leaves the White House, enters his car, and drives away. Hoover in several poses.
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