United States Navy aircraft carrier Langley (CVL-27) being activated at Philadelphia Navy shipyard in Pennsylvania prior to transfer to France. A French officer and navy men on the pier at Philadelphia Navy yard. The officer reviews the navy men lined up on the pier. The officer at a blackboard in a classroom as he briefs the navy men.
Shipboard activities of United States sailors while underway in the Pacific Ocean. A baker opens an oven and takes out six loaves of bread and dump them on a table in the ship's bakery. Two bakers take a tray of bread from a storage area and cart it away.
Hurricane Janet hits Tampico, Mexico. Mexican men unload C rations boxes from a helicopter. People grouped around United States Navy HUP 2 helicopters. People stand against a truck as they wave. People loaded on a truck in the background. A flooded village with submerged houses. A partly flooded roadway. Cows and horses stranded on a patch of high ground. Stacks of inundated small factories protrude from the water.
Inter Allied games at Pershing Stadium in Paris, France. J.G. Pipal along with Fred Kelly as they train athletes for a hurdle race. Various track events take place where athletes from Allied countries compete. 1500 meter relay race and a medley relay race. Athletes line up as King Nicholas I of Montenegro decorates them. A baseball game underway between the teams from the United States and Canada.
An Allied athletic meet at Pershing Stadium in Joinville Le Pont, France. U.S. Army General John J. Pershing and French President Raymond Poincare. A military band plays at the opening ceremony of the Allied athletic meet. Dignitaries like Henry White, Hoover, Robert Lansing, General H.T. Allen and Admiral H.S. Knapp in the grandstand. Athletes from various Allied countries including Australia, United States and others march at the opening ceremony of the Allied athletic meet. General Pershing and President Poincare as Pershing dedicates the stadium. General Pershing looks at the athletes in the field.
Hindenburg disaster in Lakehurst, New Jersey. German airship Hindenburg at the Lakehurst Naval Air station after it caught fire. Twisted girders and remains of the airship as naval officers inspect the damaged airship. An official comes out of a building as press questions him about the Hindenburg disaster. Mutilated passengers being put in an ambulances and being taken away for medical aid. Naval officers pose with a young boy outside a building. Officers at an inquiry being conducted into the Hindenburg disaster by the United States Department of Commerce. Officers swear prior to testifying before the inquiring committee.
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