Three Uniformed women in the U.S.Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPARS) arrive at the entrance of a Coast Guard Station, during World War 2. The station includes a light house. Next, a Coast Guardsman explains the light to them as they stand on a platform at its top. Scene shifts to about a dozen SPARS women boarding a Coast Guard training ship. Some of them ascend rope ladders in the ship's rigging. Three of them drive away in a blue Coast Guard jeep, up a dirt road to a waterfront. There, while standing in a boat (unseen but moving up and down) a Coast officer converses with one of them while referring to a chart. The next scene shows the three women on top deck of a Coast Guard Fireboat, where a Coast Guardsman demonstrates one of their firefighting water guns. The water pressure is increased, creating a powerful stream of water. Scene shifts to about 25 SPARS women assembled on a lawn in front of a frame building. A woman officer motions them into formation and reads orders. Next, from viewpoint, above, the formation of SPARS women is seen marching along with Coast Guardsmen in a parade.
New recruit SPARS (United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve ) arrive at Benjamin Lincoln Hall in the Coast Guard Training Center, Yorktown, Virginia. The women in casual dress along with their luggage enter the buildingl. The girls march and is guided by a SPARS officer. The girls wearing CG (Coast Guard) uniform march in a squad. The girls marching on a road. Their feet are shown as they march. A woman seated at a desk talks. The SPARS attend a class. The SPARS seated at a table write. A SPARS officer stand at a podium in the background. A view of the SPARS seated at a table in the classroom.
SPARS (United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve ) play water polo in the United States. A SPARS swimming in a pool. SPARS playing water polo. Several views of SPARS playing water polo and enjoying.
SPARS (United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve ) aboard a Coast Guard (CG) boat in the United States. A view from a port hole. The SPARS climb up ladder of CG boat. Ships at dock in the background. A SPARS salutes as she climbs up the ladder. The SPARS moving towards the deck. The SPARS climbing up a ladder aboard a boat. SPARS sprays water on a deck of the boat holding a water hose. SPARS spreading water with the hose. A man in shorts a helps her. SPARS sweep the deck with help of a mop. A view of the SPARS saluting one after the other and climbing down the ladder.
SPARS (United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve ) being inspected in the United States. SPARS in uniform march in squad. They measure the distance with hands and stand in formation. SPARS officer and U.S. Coast Guard officers salute each other. SPARS stand in formation. The Cost Guard officer inspects SPARS. The CG officer is escorted by SPARS officer. SPARS officer speaks to the CG officer. She salutes and both of them walk. SPARS stand in attention and an officer salutes.
A film titled 'Hannibal Victory' depicts how victory ship, SS Hannibal Victory delivered a cargo of 8 railroad locomotives, tenders, flatcars, rails etc. from San Francisco to the U.S. Army in the Philippines. A small boat at the edge of the Mississippi River. A steamboat underway in the Mississippi River. A man stands at a deck of the steamboat. A man operates a navigation wheel. Horn of the steamboat blows. The man operating the navigation wheel. The steamboat underway in the river. A railway bridge across the Mississippi River. A train passes over the bridge. The statue of famous American Author Samuel Langhorne Clemens also known as Mark Twain. Two women walk up steps. A plaque reads about Mark Twain. The statue of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. Traffic on a street. People walk on a pathway. A railroad station. Smoke comes out from locomotives. Wheels of the freight cars. Men assembling the freight car wheels. A close up of the wheel with 'Hannibal' written on it. Animated map depicts the transport of freight car wheels from Hannibal to San Francisco. The wheels are hoisted and taken aboard a U.S. Merchant Marine ship in San Francisco. A man aboard the ship operate the controls. Several views of the wheels loaded aboard the ship. Ships at a port. War supplies are taken aboard a merchant ship. Two men seated in the foreground. A ship with a U.S. flag.
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