The U.S. Presidential Yacht, USS Mayflower (PY-1), carrying Secretary of the Navy,Josephus Daniels, makes its way between U.S. warships in the Port of New York during the Naval Fleet Review on Christmas Day, 1918, at the end of World War 2. A 4-stacker destroyer is seen briefly, to port side of the Mayflower. Later she is seen passing New York City piers, along the shoreline. The scene shifts to the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38), with her crew lining the deck and an upper triple turret turned to port. Two launches head toward a gangplank on her portside. View from boat passing the USS Pennsylvania's bow and along her starboard side.
School activities of African American students in Calhoun, Alabama during the Great Depression. African American jazz orchestra band plays. African American students dance on their graduation day.
View of a large ship building yard in New York, USA during World War 2. Engineers and workers at work. Cranes handle large ship parts. Workers weld ship parts. Large cranes in operations. America celebrates Maritime Day with mass decoration of merchant seamen. New York's Mayor La Guardia awards medal to victims of German submarine raids. U.S. Navy sailors aboard a ship wave and cheer. Sign on the bow of the Victory Ship has a giant "V" symbol and reads 'Ships for victory'. The American flag on the bow. Several large Victory ships are launched from the shipyard, including the SS Irving S. Olds. Ships get underway in the harbor.
U.S. President John Calvin Coolidge addresses 2nd Infantry Division troops in Hammond, Indiana. A large number of soldiers at a roadside. President Coolidge's motorcade drives past them. The President addresses the soldiers from a dais. Soldiers standing at attention.
U.S. President Calvin Coolidge attends Memorial Day services at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. The President and his party walk down a flight of stairs. Soldiers with guns stand at attention. Flowers are laid by the President at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. President Coolidge, U.S. Secretary of War Dwight Filley Davis, and U.S. Secretary of the Navy Curtis Dwight Wilbur stand near the tomb. They put on their hats and move away.
The May Day Parade at Red Square in Moscow, Russia. People gather to watch the parade. Floats pass in review. People look as athletes perform. Dignitaries wave from a balcony. People in the streets celebrate. They hold placards reading 'Peace'. Spires in the background.
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