U.S. Secretary of War, Dwight F. Davis visiting sites of interest in Hawaii. Rustic military Headquarters building displays sign, "Kilauea Military Camp." A car drives up and passengers step out to be greeted happily by women and children who have been waiting on the building porch. (Slate explains that this is a military rest camp a half mile from the Kilauea crater.) Camera pans across cabins occupied by military families. Some soldiers are seen having fun on the grounds. Camp visitors are seen looking across a crater at smoke rising from the active Mauna Loa volcano. View from behind of Secretary Davis conversing with the Superintendent, Richard T. Evans, of Kilauea National Park, as they both watch the steaming crater. A huge chunk of lava rock bearing a sign that reads: "8 tons, hurled over one mile high during eruption May, 1924." A slug of lava clinging to skeleton of a tree. Sign at base of tree reads: "Don't touch spatter on trees, Very Fragile."
U.S. Secretary of War, Dwight F. Davis and Hawaii Territorial Governor Wallace Rider Farrington, play golf at Kilauea National Park, Hawaii. Farrington places a ball on what is marked as "19th hole 510 yards." Davis and other onlookers stand nearby. Several sailors stand by a sign reading:"Kilauea Golf Course, 19th hole- Halemaumau." Using an iron, Farrington drives the ball, raising sand from the ground. Davis then tries his hand, striking his ball, with a clean drive, and follows up with a smooth ground stroke that puts his ball into the volcanic crater. The men and spectators look out over the crater for possible sight of the ball.
Railing and sign at Kilauea National Park, Hawaii, reads: "Kilauea Iki, 770 feet deep, Active in 1868." Camera pans down into the crater and across the rim. Scene shifts to U.S. Secretary of War, Dwight F. Davis, and Hawaii Territorial Governor, Wallace R. Farrington, standing with two military officers, at the edge of the crater.
Sign board of Makaopuhi (eye of the eel),950 Ft deep volcano in Hawaii. Volcano was active in 1922. View of the crater and its surrounding area.
Camera pans into crater of Kilauea volcano, where someone has scrawled an inscription in the lava (not readable). Scene shifts to Secretary of War, Dwight F. Davis, and Hawaii Territorial Governor, Wallace R. Farrington, stepping out of the local volcano museum, onto a patio, where other persons are standing. Scene shifts to deck of the battleship, USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) where Secretary Davis stands near the railing. Closeup of Major General Fox Conner, Commander of the U.S. Army Hawaii Department, standing with Rear Admiral Robert R. Marvel, aboard the Pennsylvania. Marines firing gun salute with artillery field pieces as the Pennsylvania arrives at Pier 5 in Pearl Harbor. Secretary Davis on the dock, with his party including: daughters, Alice and Cynthia; Civilian aide, John H. Holliday and Military Aide, 1st Lieutenant Lester J. Maitland. The daughters are assisted as they enter a car. Next, Secretary Davis and Aide Holliday, enter a car displaying the Secretary of War Flag on its hood.
Farm lands high up on the mountain side in Hawaii, viewed from across a water way. View of railway track through hills and Hakalau Bridge. Views of Wild Ginger, the Lehua, the Mango, and Wild Ferns. Man drives an old vehicle on dirt road. A natural bridge with archway visible underneath. View of Honolii Falls. View of Pee Pee waterfalls into rock pots (terraced rock basins).
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