United States Navy motor torpedo boats underway in the Panama Canal. Aerial view of the boats underway at sea. Aircraft in flight overhead. The aircraft dive at the boats in a simulated attack. Naval guns aboard the boats fight away the aircraft. (World War II period).
Relates to the U.S. Antarctic expedition,Operation High Jump. Shows USS Philippine Sea underway in the Panama Canal. U.S. Navy Admiral Richard E. Byrd in conversation with naval officers on the deck. Sailors attach ice skis to the landing gears of the Douglas DC-3 aircraft aboard the deck.
Maneuvers of U.S. Navy motor torpedo boats in the Panama Canal. U.S. Navy PT boats underway. Aerial view of the boats. U.S. fighter airplanes in flight overhead. They engage in a mock battle. (World War II period).
American delegates of Pan American Conference aboard the United States ship Santa Clara. Delegates on flight deck in reading room of the ship. Head of the delegates, Cordell Hull also aboard the ship. Ship enters the Panama Canal. Various ships underway in the canal. Cordell Hull stops over and meets President Arosemena and shakes hands with him.
The U.S. Aircraft Carrier, USS Langley (CV-1) going through the Gaillard Cut of the Panama Canal with many aircraft parked on her deck. In different sequence, aircraft are seen taking off and landing on the deck of the Langley. Complete change of scene shows launching of the USS Saratoga (CV-3) at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard in Camden, New Jersey. The USS Saratoga is christened with a bottle of champagne and slides down the ways into the river. Views from the deck of the Saratoga as she proceeds down the ways.
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt's vacation cruiser USS Houston underway at Panama Canal in Cristobal, CZ. Roosevelt emerges out of his cruiser and takes salute of thousands of troops assembled at the dock area. Troops fire artillery in President's honor.