Film begins showing map of Coast Guard Stations along the coasts of Long Island, and New Jersey to deal with storms that affect the ports of New York, Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore. Narrator notes that, accordingly, the number of Stations in this region are increased. View of Long Island South coast from low flying airplane, showing sand bars. Aerial view of Jersey shores showing a ship run aground and listing. Aerial view of the resort towns and recreational beaches on the Jersey coast. Closeup of a beach filled with people enjoying the sand and water. Aerial views of beaches teeming with visitors. Aerial view of harbor filled with small pleasure boats. A sailing regatta.
Animated map shows Houses of Refuge on Florida Atlantic coast, and Coast Guard Stations along the Gulf coast. View of a hurricane on the Gulf coast. Coast Guard Station personnel distributing food to hurricane victims. A victim receiving medical care. Scene shifts to California coast where Coast Guard Stations are found at San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, and on the Northwest coast leading up to Puget Sound and Seattle in Washington state. Scene shifts again, to the Great Lakes where many Coast Guard Stations are shown on map, most of them along Lake Michigan. A station is indicated at the Great Falls of the Ohio River in Kentucky.
Henry Ford with a baby. The baby sits on a blanket in a lawn and plays. Henry Ford comes in and plays with the kid. The baby sits on a table as Henry Ford plays with him. Other family members also join him and play with the baby.
Scene of steam locomotive starting to move. Engineer in the locomotive cab. Franklin D Roosevelt's Presidential election campaign. A railroad train pulls up at a station in Kentucky. Governor of New York, Franklin D Roosevelt addresses a public meeting in Topeka, Kansas,about the new deal and its help for farmers. His train arrives in Seattle and a large crowd welcomes him at the rail road station. A train moves over a bridge and Roosevelt arrives in Springfield, Georgia to campaign for the Presidential elections. He receives a warm welcome in Georgia.
End of World War I. 1920: Franklin D Roosevelt along with an official walks on White House grounds, with Old Executive Office Building in background. . A group of officials comes forward, shakes hands the official and Roosevelt.
Ground mines aboard a Destroyer Minelayer (DM) underway in harbor. Ground mines planted in the harbor. Cover of ground mine is opened and cable to the distribution box is attached. A crane lowers the mine into the water. Cables connected from mines to distribution boxes that control firing. Distribution box is lowered in water. Animation shows the laying of ground mines by a DM. View of switchboards in the central control station at the harbor. Demonstration of reports received, interpreted and acted upon. Enemy vessels are destroyed. Huge explosions in water (World War II period).
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