Officials of Women's Army Corps debark from the ship. They march along the dock area and walk down gangway. A banner reads 'Welcome WACs'. Photographer on truck takes pictures of WAC officers. A group of WAC officers singing. WACs on parade, as they march away from dock area. One WAC faints and is helped to come back to her feet by soldiers and sailors. Views of WAC s on train and bus. (World War II period).
Officials of United States Womens Army Corps on streets in Australia during World War 2. Lady Officers then go to a zoo; they play with small animals and feed them.
From a film named 'Ship Safety -- A Story of Seven Sailors' starts. Door of projection room in a theater. Movie starts, views of British heavy Cruiser, HMS Andromeda, crippled and burning as a result of enemy strikes at sea. British Naval officers and men seated in the projection room, viewing movie and an instructor standing. In dramatized, periodic-authentic scenes, crew members board the HMS Andromeda and settle into living and working routines. Ship in sea. Men at work in engine room, man reads book entitled "No Orchids for Miss Handish" with an attractive woman in a tight dress pictured on the cover. Crews operate 4 inch guns and antiaircraft "pom pom" guns. Ship under attack by German bomber aircraft. Crewmen fight back with ship's guns. But the 7 mistakes of crew members have fateful consequences. Ship seen taking on water after a hatch is incorrectly left open, followed by scenes flooding of interior compartments. Also scenes of fire and smoke in compartments and fire fighters at work. Contains multiple scenes of British Navy sailors and officers, and interior ship views. (World War II period).
British Naval officers seated in the projection room, viewing movie and an instructor standing. Wax model of British naval warship hull being tested in a special water basin. Royal Navy architects at work. Drawings being transformed into full scale in a mould loft. Views slipway in a shipyard. A huge structure of ship is been made, men at work. Two men with a paper, discussing. Various views of the shipyard. British ship is launched in sea, views of ship in sea. Views on board the ship including boiler or engine room and other interior views.
Views of a British ship in sea, crewmen exercise on deck accompanied by band music and led by physical instructor. Activity on gun deck of the ship. sailors at work.
Antiaircraft guns mounted on British Naval ship at sea. Crewman instructing others about fire fighting. Crew members exercising emergency and damage control procedures. Views of interior Damage Control Headquarter, where crewmen refer to chart of the ship. A member of the medical staff lectures crewmen about first aid. Ship's doctor demonstrates precautions crew members can take for self-protection. Officers relaxing, off duty, singing and playing musical instruments. Sailors settling in hammocks for the night. Beginning of new day by swabbing decks.Views of engine room. (World War II period).
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