After extensive slate of historical information, this film shows U.S. Coast Guard personnel launching a large dory (life boat) from the U.S. Coast Guard Gloucester Station in Gloucester, Massachusetts (Old House Cove, westerly side Gloucester Harbor). They slide the boat down rails, launching it directly into the water. Coast Guardsmen in foul weather gear are seen rowing a large lifeboat in rough waters near rocky shores. Eight men row, sitting in four pairs side-by-side on fixed thwarts (benches) and one stands in the stern (a coxwain) steering with a 16’ oar. A powered life boat is seen briefly, in extremely rough waters. Remainder of the film shows an animated map of the East and South coasts of the United States with dots identifying Coast Guard Stations on those coasts. At this point, the film concentrates on Rescue Stations in the Boston Division. A beached two-masted sailing ship is shown. A large steamship emitting black smoke from her funnel, is seen beached and listing on a shore. Aerial view of Light House on Block Island, off Rhode Island. Aerial view of a freighter run aground just off shore. Aerial view of a Coast Guard Station with a highway running past it. Aerial view of another Coast Guard Station located where narrator says is a dangerous point.
A couple in United States. A man and a woman seated in a car. The car drives along the highway.
Henry Ford with family and friends in United States. Henry Ford and his friends seated on lawn chairs. Ford and one of his friends read a newspaper as another one smokes a cigar. Ford automobile loaded with gear for a trip. Ford's family members around the automobile as they greet the visitors.
Henry Ford with friends in United States. Henry Ford poses with a tree in the background. He cuts a tree in the forest. Henry Ford with a friend, John Burroughs as they eat their meals outside ' Sugar House'. Ford fires a muzzle loading rifle. John Burroughs examines the gun.
Henry Ford with friends in United States. Henry Ford and John Burroughs inside a car as a man cranks the engine and they drive away. They leave the Ford plant building and get into a car. A man cranks an engine.
An armory in United States. A group of men enters the armory and look at different types of knives. Different varieties of knives displayed. A man holds a pair of large scissors. A Swiss knife. Men look at other weapons.
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