Rockets used as practice targets for anti- aircraft gunners. Speed and accuracy of anti-aircraft guns is tested. The United States soldiers fire anti-aircraft guns. (World War II period).
Women in uniforms of WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Services) and United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve known as SPARS (Semper Paratus Always Ready). Navy nurses seen on USS Guadalcanal.
Ex-German cruiser Ostfriesland taking direct bomb hits by United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). Smoke seen. Four bombers in flight over USS Alabama. USS Alabama enveloped in smoke from direct bomb hit. Ship completely obscured by smoke. Plane lays smoke curtain. Plane continues over water. Plane continues laying screen.
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Air) Admiral Thomas Connolly discusses the development of United States fighter aircrafts. F-14 Tomcat fighter plane seen. Space for pilot and missile officer. Two men seated in the plane. Bubble canopy and swing wing design. Nose of the plane seen. Engine of the plane.
United States President Woodrow Wilson standing on a city street corner with a group of men, in January, 1916. They are all dressed for the cold. The President wears a fur collar coat and woolen gloves. Next, a large group of people is seen assembled around a building. Change of scene shows President Wilson and First lady Edith Wilson standing on the back of a railroad train. She is bundled up in a fur coat. Wilson is holding his hat. Mrs. Wilson leaves the platform and goes back into the rail car. The President says a few words from the platform. At about this time, Attorney General,Thomas Watt Gregory is seen far to the President's left (at right of picture). While the President and his party stand on the train platform, one member of the group checks his watch frequently, as if concerned about keeping their schedule.
United States battle ships in a column. Aircraft zooms low alongside battleship. Bow of a battleship underway. Planes fly over battleship fleet. Smoke screen laid by the aircraft.
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