The Deutschland merchant submarine, of the North German Lloyd Shipping Company, departing the docks in New London Connecticut. The submarine had just completed repairs following a November 16 collision with the tugboat T.A. Scott Jr., while attempting to depart New London. Sailors on the deck of the submarine Deutschland are seen as the submarine departs for Germany, carrying silver bullion, and evading the Entente Powers merchant shipping blockade. A ship in the background. Submarine submerges into water.
Looking up Broadway from 69th street in Upper West Side of New York City. Automobile traffic. Sign reads "Hippodrome". Herald Square with Times Building in distance. Point House, Hamburg American Building, Battery Place Station. Battery Park and Aquarium.
View from a rider on an elevated train of the IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit) system in Manhattan, New York City. Lower Broadway and Singer building in the distance. Buildings on sides of railroad tracks. The train proceeds along the 9th Avenue section, where at the 72nd Street Station, the Acker, Merrall & Condit building (Wine & Liquor Merchants) at 160 West 72nd Street, can be seen from the train on the Upper West Side.
Interior of a factory with a worm gear cutting machine in operation, New York City. Wheel of a machine moves. Liquid drops on wheel.
U.S. Coast Guard Life Saving Station No 269, Muskegon, Michigan. Lake Vessel Bay State. Exterior of station, crew's quarters, communications room and dining area. Boat drill, signal drills with semaphore flags and patrol drill. A victim washed ashore is placed on a blanket, given artificial respiration and transfered to a stretcher.
Coast Guard men practice surf boat techniques in Muskegon Harbor of Lake Michigan, Muskegon, Michigan. A man looks upward while rowing boat with others. View from inside moving surf boat as Coast Guard personnel row.