View of U.S. Army transport ship, "El Aquario," at dockside in San Francisco, California, preparing to get underway in support of the Army Air Corp Alaska Flight Project, in 1934. Views from aboard the El Aquario, as it makes its way out of San Francisco. View from amidship, forward to the pilot house. Views of surrounding scenery as the ship makes way in protected inland waters from Seattle Washington through Vancouver, British Columbia, and Southern Alaska. View on deck as the ship rolls while underway.. View in ship's dining hall during meal as she rolls slightly (not enough to upset the dishes). An isolated waterfront house seen along the way.
Men practicing rifle shooting in Long Branch, Ontario. They pose holding the rifles. They practice shooting the rifle in a field. Target boards in the foreground. They hit the target boards. Trees in the background.
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill together with British and American delegates to the Atlantic Conference, and crew members of the USS Augusta and HMS Prince of Wales, assemble for Sunday church services aboard the British Battleship, HMS Prince of Wales. The service is conducted by Church of England clergy. U.S. President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Churchill are seated side by side in the first row. Among those behind them are: Presidential advisors, Harry Hopkins and Averell Harriman; U.S. Vice Admiral Ernest J. King, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Fleet; U.S. Army Chief of Staff, General George C. Marshall; and British Field Marshal, Sir John Dill. Views of those assembled as seen between gun barrels of HMS Prince of Wales. A British Navy band ensemble provides music for the service.
A horse named 'Willie the Kid' wins the Kings Plate in Toronto, Ontario. People watch from the stands. Horses arrive at the track. The race starts, the horses run on the track. People cheer from the stands. 'Willie the Kid' wins the race. It is brought forward.
Donosiris wins the inaugural running of the $5000 Orpen Memorial Handicap at Long Branch race track, in a photo finish over Goldlure, with Cabin Gal coming in third at Long Branch race track in Etobicoke, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto. Officials award trophy to Donosiris, a chestnut from Parkwood stables, son of Osiris II, after finish. Horse is seen with jockey Albert Schmidt and owner R.S. McLaughlin.
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