"A Few Quick Facts - Japan". Animated propaganda film shows Japan facing an earthquake disaster in 1923. Animation shows an earthquake in Japan. U.S. aid to Japan shows U.S. warships carrying food, clothing and medical supplies to Japan. Japanese newspapers express gratitude. Japanese citizens waving flags of Japan and America together. Japanese leaders bow in gratitude. Quotation from a newspaper article of the time commenting on the support from America, and that if there is another war, "he who attacks America shall die." Narrator restates that same quote as animation in cartoon shows bombs raining down from the sky and exploding (reference to World War 2 bombing).
Brief glimpse of a U.S. Navy staff car parked in front of a Federal Government building entrance, where several naval officers and at least one army officer prepare to board the car. Attending the car are two sailors wearing dark watch caps. Next, Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, Chief of the U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics, is seen leaving the building on crutches. His right foot is heavily bandaged. A sign in the window of the building reads: "U.S. Navy Aviation." A cadre of naval officers follows the Admiral to the sidewalk, where he cheerfully engages in conversation with several. To his left is a Captain. The other officers are of lessor rank. They appear to be awaiting a car to pick up the admiral. Following a break, two of the naval officers are seen conversing alone at the building entrance. The admiral has left. Change of scene shows a man in military uniform seated at a desk in what appears to be a law office. He is making notes on a pad. The room is filled with shelves full of books. Abrupt change of time and place shows Vice Admiral William S.Sims, Commander of all U.S. Naval forces in Europe, at a railroad train station in London, England, at the end of World War 1. People around him show him some papers and converse with him. A British Bobbie stands nearby. Sims shakes hands with a British official. School boys in the background watch the goings on with interest.
Destroyers of the U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet entering San Francisco harbor. Fortifications of the Presidio can be seen in distance. Smaller boats and sea birds are seen throughout the harbor. Destroyers maneuver in the harbor. Plum of steam seen from horn of a destroyer.
U.S. Navy warships escort camouflaged freighters. 2-stacked and 4-stacked destroyers are seen, one is camouflaged. A 4-stacker turns to starboard as a commercial vessel passes. The Navy ship has awnings spread over portions of the deck.
A high wing monoplane and a bi-wing float plane maneuver over warships of the U.S. Pacific fleet in a harbor. Several more airplanes join in the maneuvers. The aircraft circle over the anchored fleet. A high wing monoplane dives close to the water and climbs out again.Views of Destroyers, Battleships and other vessels.
Sightseers, on an overlooking rocky cliff, watch U.S. Navy warships anchored in an outer harbor. A woman and three girls turn to look at the camera. A battleship is anchored close to where they stand, and small boats are seen in the water,around the ship. A stray dog walks past. Two battleships are seen framed by a tree, as viewed from a bluff overlooking the bay. Two destroyers,at anchor, are seen through trees. A destroyer tied up with trees in background. A large ship tied up at a dock, where sightseers look at it. Numerous lines are extended to the dock, and one is seen going out into the water from the bow. The ship has two masts that appear capable of raising sails. A destroyer anchored with multistory buildings seen across the harbor. A destroyer anchored, with an extensive inner harbor shipyard with ships and cranes visible in background. Ship's officers come on deck and pose near forward deck gun. They converse and move about, as if if to make the most of a motion picture. Sailors on deck handle many lines and pose for camera. Sailors carry a large bundle of lines and gather around to unwrap them and begin tying them to the ship's fixtures.
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