Diplomats and officials, leave the Coast Guard Cutter Cayuga, after a formal visit. They board chauffered automobiles on the pier, and depart. Pier is near park-like area with walkway above.The Cayuga is tied up side-by side with the Cutter Sebago,at the pier. Pedestrians and sightseers view the Cutters.
A U.S. Coast Guard Cutter underway in the Atlantic Ocean. The sky is clear. An officer stands on the deck of a vessel. Several Coast guardsmen stand by a large deck gun. One man wears earphones and holds microphone. An officer, wearing a sidearm, stands on the deck. An officer watches. A guncrewman picks up a shell for the gun. A rectangular cloth target is spread out on the deck of the cutter and officers pace over it and record the location of hits made by gun crews. They repeat the process with another target. Other coast guard men watch. Places where rounds penetrated the target are shown in the cloth. A rectangular white area in the center of the cloth.
Aerial views from Coast Guard aircraft, of U.S. Navy warships on maneuvers in the Atlantic Ocean. Three U.S. Navy warships move in single line formation in the ocean. Another view, from the stern, of four warships in single line formation. Sea is calm. Three aircraft carrier-type ships seen. The first appears to be USS Langley (CV-1). The second, and largest, is a CV-2, Lexington Class Carrier. It has a large island and tower and its flight deck is filled with aircraft.
U.S. Coast Guardsmen parade in dress whites, at pier in Gibralter harbor, and assemble in formation for ceremony to dedicate a memorial. The Coast Guard Ensign hangs over, and hides a memorial plaque on wall of building. Participants include British and American officers and British and American civilian officials, several dressed formally, with top hats. A number of ladies are seated for the event. After brief invocation by clergyman, A British military brass band plays, Coast guardsmen, with rifles, present arms, and the Coast Guard ensign is removed, unveiling the memorial plaque. The plaque honors those lost when the Cutter Tampa was torpedoed by an enemy submarine, in Bristol Channel, on September 26, 1918, with loss of all 115 souls on board. It also honors 11 officers and men of the Cutter Seneca, who volunteered, and were lost attempting to salvage the torpedoed British Steamer, Wellington, in the Bay of Biscay, September 17, 1918. The American flag is displayed above the new plaque, and Coast Guard officers place four wreaths at the base of the memorial. .
A U.S. Coast Guard Cutter underway in heavy seas. Crew engaged in preparations on deck. Deck gun seen, wrapped up against the weather. Crew in foul weather gear rigs safety lines across the deck, as ice forms,making treacherous footing. Seas becoming very rough, with large waves. Crew lays out heavy hawser line on deck. Distressed vessel is seen, very nearby. Cutter crewmen are sliding all over the deck on the ice. Cutter's officers come on deck. One officer directs crewmen on deck. Officer, with rifle, prepares to shoot a line to distressed vessel.
Carnival day in Viareggio, Italy. The town of Viareggio holds a Carnival street celebration a day before the beginning of Lent (a solemn period of penitential commemoration until Easter for Roman Catholics). A giant float with a giant papier-mâché effigy depicting an old man and a mouse moves along a road in the carnival. Men dancing on the float. Gigantic papier-mâché cartoon figures are on display in floats. A large group of people on both sides of the float move with the procession. Buildings on both sides of the road. Caricaturized African tribesmen effigies are displayed on a float. Men in stereotypical African costumes dancing on African float. Gigantic papier-mâché effigies moving mechanically on floats. Crowds gathered on the sides watch the procession. Several floats of different forms move in the procession. Men dancing while perched on floats. Papier-mâché effigy’s eyebrows moving upward mechanically.
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