United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CVS-18) enters Roosevelt Roads Naval Station in Puerto Rico in the Caribbean Sea. The ship enters the Roosevelt Roads Harbor. Starboard beam of the ship in view. Smoke rises up from the smokestack. The USS Wasp (CVS-18) approaches the pier. A crane booms in foreground. A group of officers stands on the pier. A sign reads 'Bow Here'. USS Wasp (CVS-18) in background. View of tug boats off the port side. Men stand at quarters in various parts of the ship. Damage to the starboard side. The deck-edge elevator in view. Damaged fuel line and catwalk side of the ship. The edge of the number two elevator is damaged. Boat crane support is damaged. The base of the crane is damaged. Damaged parts hanging from the ship. Life nets of the damaged elevator hanging.
Secretary of War John W Weeks and other Congressmen during a Congressional tour of inspection at a port in Puerto Rico. The Secretary shakes hands with the Naval officers and boards a train followed by other congressmen. Palm trees and a jungle.
Secretary of War John W Weeks and other officers move towards the cars. Officers look at a big artillery gun. Weeks and other Congressmen including Major W. M. Wainwright, Senators Jones, McKinley, Ladd, Robinson, Howell, Warren and Representatives French, Anthony, Wood, Cramton, Lee, Madden, Quin, Hull, Morin, Strong, Wurzbach, Rankin, Curry, Underhill, Crisp, Winslow, Yound, Sproul, Timberlake, Zihlman, Miller, Michener, Abernathy, Barbour, Burtness, Cole, Dowell, Lee, MacLafferty, Taylor and their wives visit a garden as they move past a row of palm trees in Puerto Rico.
Children outside their houses and men idle at street corner in Puerto Rico. Beggars on the street as men stand in long queues. Malnourished children at a hospital.
Men sit and drink at a night club in Puerto Rico. Children in the streets and on a beach, a young boy runs after a horse. Men sit idle at a street corner, play a card game and smoke cigarette. Close-up view of mans face as he smokes a cigarette.
Men do wood work under National Youth Administration in Puerto Rico. Furniture like chairs made by them. Men work on machines at a factory.