The SS Leviathan, the largest ocean liner afloat, (former German ocean liner Vaterland, seized and renamed by the U.S. Government in 1917, as America entered World War 1). Tug boats assist the three-stacker Leviathan as she enters New York harbor. Tug boats working with another troop ship (two-stacker) in the harbor. Ferry boat in background. A sleek troop transport ship with two slanted stacks and rakish lines, accentuated by camouflage, in a New Jersey harbor.Two Navy troop ships underway with an airplane flying overhead. A column of U.S. Navy troop transport ships underway in the Atlantic ocean. A barrage balloon is seen overhead.
Launch of a 300 ton bridge in Brooklyn, New York. The 300 ton bridge and men at work on the bridge. People gathered for the launch. The bridge being lowered into water and floats. The bridge floating. Buildings in the background.
View, from passing ferry boat, of the Statue of Liberty, on Bedloe's Island. Scene shifts to view from ferry boat, approaching the slip at the Battery on the tip of Manhattan. Skyscraper buildings in the area are seen clearly.
Engineer D.J. Bennett prepares new Heat-Suit made of lightweight Aluminum coating fabric. The suit enables the wearer to stand at ease in a 1200-degree industrial furnace. The suit can be used for rescue operation.
United States Army Air Service personnel demonstrate parachute jumps at Mitchel Field in New York. A sergeant on a plane with a parachute on his back. The sergeant jumps from the aircraft. He opens the parachute and lands without mishap. A view of the sergeant dropping from the aircraft. The second jump from the aircraft. A delay in opening of the parachute. The sergeant lands safely.
Scene of crowd gathered at Bellevue Hospital, New York. William Ahern, the psychiatric patient threatens to jump from the 9th floor ledge of the hospital. Fireman T J Kehoe comes at the last moment and with the help of some others saves the patient.
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