U.S. warships, including 4-stacker destroyers, leave New York Harbor for maneuvers in the Atlantic Ocean after World War I. Sailors relaxing on crowded deck of a U.S. Destroyer. Another destroyer and other vessels off to starboard. Crew maneuvers what appears to be a paravane (used in minesweeping operations), on davit. The ship's officers look down from the deck of the destroyer, where device is lowered into the water. Smoke rises from water, below the deck. Pieces of material being towed in water by lines from the Destroyer. Officer and sailors salute an officer disembarking. Officer,holding a megaphone, steps to platform and descends toward a launch. Views of streamers flying from a ship's mast and cables being pulled skyward above the ship. (holding a balloon, or other object aloft?) A motor launch filled with sailors passes rapidly. Buildings nearby in background.
U.S. battleship, USS Tennessee, sails up East River to Brooklyn Naval Yard. Next scene shows her heading back out to sea for maneuvers with a fleet in the Atlantic Ocean. in both, the Tennessee sails under the Brooklyn Bridge. Woolworth Building in Manhattan visible. A tugboat follows.View,upward, to roadbed of the Brooklyn Bridge, from vessel passing underneath. Crew members aboard the ship look at the skyline of New York City. A large boat filled with sightseers passes on the river. A group of U.S. Navy officers poses near a gun turret of the ship. A group of sailors sits under a three-gun turret aboard the ship. Commercial vessels moving in the river. Sailors at railing, look at skyline of Manhattan, New York City, as the ship passes on the East River. Ferry boats pass. View of the Statue of Liberty, in mist, framed above, by three of the Ship's 14 inch guns. Two Admirals and the USS Tennessee's officers, pose on deck, under two turrets with three 14 inch guns, in each. Sailors of the crew pose on deck of the battleship. A different time: December 25, 1918, Crewman in foul weather gear stands at railing of official Photographers boat, with battleships in background, during the great Naval review. A motor launch flying a two-star admiral's ensign, passes at high speed, with the Presidential Yacht, Mayflower, in background. The launch circles and reverses course.
U.S. battleships pass in review in East River, on Christmas Day, 1918, Boat carrying sightseers and a tugboat, pass by a battleship, underway. Observers on deck of the anchored Presidential yacht, Mayflower, from which the Secretary of the Navy is reviewing the passing ships. Several battleships seen. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Many U.S. destroyers of the Pacific fleet, tied up in San Francisco harbor, California during World War 1. One displays the Number 33 (USS Trippe) and another, the number 23 (USS Drayton). Aboard one destroyer, sailors tie lengths of hose into bundles as the ship is underway.
Chemical warfare training for newly activated units of U.S. Army at Camp Sibert, Alabama during World War II.
A fire at the Deer Path Inn in Lake Forest, Illinois. Firemen try to douse the fire blazing at the Deer Path Inn building with water hoses.
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