U.S. Army Air Service Douglas World Cruisers (DWC) in the United States during their first flight around the world. In Washington DC U.S. President John Calvin Coolidge, Mrs. Coolidge and cabinet members visit Bolling Field to greet airmen as they triumphantly cross the continent. President Coolidge's car. The President alights from the car. Views of the cabinet members. A crowd at Bolling Field, awaits arrival of the fliers, who were delayed in their flight from Mitchel Field, Long Island, by bad weather. The world cruisers land in formation, in rainy conditions. Two world cruisers parked wingtip to wingtip. The fliers are congratulated by President Coolidge and U.S. Secretary of War John W. Weeks. President Coolidge, wearing a rain coat, and other personnel examine the veteran airplanes.
Admiral Chester William Nimitz , Commander in Chief of Pacific Ocean Areas, visits flagship USS Rocky Mount and Kwajalein Island during World War 2. View from the USS Rocky Mount (AGC-3) as a U.S. Navy PB2Y Coronado seaplane approaches, lands in the water. and taxis toward it. An officer stands above steps leading aboard the ship. An unidentified small transport ship and small boat are in the background. two small launches are tied to the Rocky Mount. Admiral Chester Nimitz, Pacific fleet commander, is seen from the Rocky Mount as he ascends ladder to the ship's deck. View is looking downward from behind a Navy cinematographer. Admiral Nimitz is greeted by officers aboard the ship. Boarding the USS Rocky Mount, immediately behind Admiral Nimitz, is Lieutenant General Robert C. Richardson Jr., Commanding General of all Army personnel in the Pacific. He is also greeted by the officers on deck. Next, Rear Admiral Richmond Turner is seen boarding the Rocky Mount. (The Rocky Mount served as his flagship when he directed operations against Kwajalein.) Various views of the officers mingling and conversing on the deck. Scene shifts to Admiral Nimitz and accompanying officers posing for a photograph on the Kwajalein Island. He and members of his party are all wearing steel helmets. In one scene they are surrounded by military photographers as Admiral Turner (in garrison cap) points out areas of interest to Admiral Nimitz. Ensuing scenes show the officers examining the remains of Japanese fortifications and weapons on the island. Admiral Nimitz converses with three soldiers who have been bathing on the shore. More views of the group amidst debris on the island. They board three waiting jeeps
Civilian alien enemy detention facility in Crystal City, Texas, during World War 2, for relocation and internment. Train arrives in Crystal city. Japanese-American and German-American women and children disembark from train at Crystal city facility, to voluntarily join their husbands and fathers who were detained at the facility during World War 2. They board a bus. A bus is driven to the camp facility. Children and women at detention facility of Crystal city. Bags are examines as detainees arrive. They receive food in cafeteria. Views of utility and recreation buildings including housing units, hospitals and maintenance buildings.
Curtiss R3C1 racer aircraft prepared for the 1925 Pulitzer Race at Mitchel Field in New York, United States. Civilian and army air service personnel push the army R3C1 aircraft from the hangar of 6lst Service Squadron Engineering Department at Mitchel Field. The army R3C1 aircraft on a grass field. Two civilians and two air service personnel standing behind a wing are examining the cockpit. The navy R3C1 aircraft with its engine running on the grass field. A civilian is in the cockpit and another civilian is standing. An open touring car drives in from the background and stops by the aircraft. Navy Lieutenant Al Williams alights from the vehicle and walks past Army Lieutenant Cy Bettis to the aircraft. He then talks with the man in the cockpit.
Activities aboard a Japanese submarine underway in the Indian Ocean during World War II. A cook empties a carton and takes out tins. He opens a tin and pours sea food in a basket. A man collects fish swept by water on the deck. Crewmen dine. Bottles of vitamin tablets kept on the dining table. A doctor examines a crewman.
Aftermath of the sinking of the SS Sand Merchant in Lake Erie on October 18, 1936. Men examine life boats and an oar from the SS Sand Merchant. A survivor of the SS Sand Merchant is tended by a nurse in Cleveland, Ohio.
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