Exhibition race at the 9th Pimlico Classic in Baltimore, MD. Female jockeys get dressed for a no-betting exhibition race between female jockeys. The women jockeys adjust their hats. Long shot of horses leaving the starting gate as the race begins. Medium shots of crowd cheering during race. American jockey Wantha Davis wins the race by 12 lengths. Wantha Davis poses for pictures with a silver plate presented as trophy.
Film opens showing mounted U.S. soldiers riding teams of horses pulling empty caissons signifying those lost in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania in 1915. They ride along a major thoroughfare in the City of Baltimore. Buildings along the street are decorated with patriotic bunting. Scene shifts to view from a pier, of a U.S. Navy single-funnel gun boat is seen making way, slowly In Baltimore harbor. Closeup of Group of women, dressed in white, aboard the boat, ares seen holding a large memorial wreath over side of the boat. Next, the camera shows a U.S. Aeromarine AS-2 Float Plane landing in the water. As it taxis in, the scene shifts back to the women on the boat, holding the memorial wreath. They are seen from behind, as they hold it high over their heads, and cast it over the side into the water. View of the women clustered in the bow of the boat as it moves slowly in the water. Other persons are present on deck, including at least one soldier and photographers and reporters. The U.S. navy ensign of stars flies from the bow. Closeup of the women in the bow, who now throw flowers into the water. Closeup of a woman (possibly Lusitania survivor). She stands next to the gun boat (now docked) holding a bouquet of flowers and wearing a sash reading “Lusitania.” Next, the camera focuses on Lusitania survivor, British actress, Rita Jolivet, who stands on a pier with a building and automobile behind her. Scene shifts, again, to the ladies in white aboard the docked gun boat. Among those seen with them are two British Royal Navy officers in uniform. Final scene is of large public gathering at an outdoor pavilion. A military band is at the front of the gathering. Public figures are assembled on the stage. A color guard carrying American flags is moving through the crowd, toward the stage.
The town of Lindstrom in Chisago County, Minnesota. Railroad station of the town. Traffic on main business street. Men and a small boy sweep sidewalks. Whistle blows on smokestack of ship. Birds fly away.
USS Trout (SS-202) at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii during World War II. Lieutenant Commander Frank Wesley Fenno is congratulated by others. Crew stack mail crates. A man holds a Victory flag with 6 stars on after deck symbolizing the ships sunk. The crew gets mail and talk. A man reads a letter in a boat. A man opens and reads a letter. Two men sit on a deck with mail, packages and read letters.
The office of the Time magazine in Washington DC. A reenactment : Robert Sherrod, war correspondent for the Time magazine, dictates to a secretary. He dictates about write ups, articles, lay outs, memorandums and pictures to be used in the next Time magazine issue.
The office of the Time magazine in Washington DC. A reenactment : A man observes a map. A woman sorts mail. She reads a document. Another woman sorts mails. She reads a Time magazine issue. Women read and sort mail.
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