Boat racing in the Thames River in New London, Connecticut. Participants carry their racing shells to the Thames River and prepare for the race. The first Crew members wear no distinguishing clothing. However, the next scene with crew carrying their boat to the water shows them shirts displaying H (for Harvard). Several sequences of boats being rowed. (Attributed to Thomas Armat.)
The Harvard and Yale Regatta, in which rowing crews from the two schools compete in an annual race. The Harvard crew is seen removing their oars and lifting their racing shell over their heads to carry it into the boat house, from the Thames River, in New London, Connecticut. In a separate sequence, two racing shells start to race and are followed by a group of official and sightseer boats. (Attributed to Thomas Armat.)
Harvard and Yale boat race on the Thames River in New London, Connecticut. View from railroad bridge crossing the Thames, as one racing shell takes the lead in one of the rowing boat races conducted annually between Harvard and Yale crews. Several steam-driven boats follow the rowers. One long row boat carries a number of women spectators. A huge crowd standing along the river bank cheers. Crews carry their racing shells from the river after the contests. (Attributed to Thomas Armat.)
Hawaiian men working in a pineapple field in Honolulu, Hawaii. A machine gun in a sandbag bunker along a street. Vehicles drive past the bunker on the street. Hawaiian men working in a pineapple field. He collects pineapples in a cloth bag. (World War II period).
Elevated view of traffic on a street in Honolulu, Hawaii. Vehicles drive past on a busy street with buildings all along. The Aloha clock tower seen in the distance. Hawaiian civilians cross the road. A U.S. navy enlisted sailor looks over a captured two man Japanese submarine. The submarine placed on a metal stand.
Launching of USS Challenge and SS Red Jacket at a shipbuilding yard in Kearny, New Jersey. A huge crowd gathered at the launch. U.S. sailors aboard the ship. The American flag flutters from a pole on the bow of USS Challenge and SS (Steam Ship) Red Jacket. Mrs. Moran smashes a bottle of champagne on the bow of SS Red Jacket. Both the ships depart from the dockyard. A board reads the keel laying and the launching schedule.
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