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Young Navy recruits enjoy a fishing trip during training at the Naval Training Center in San Diego, California.

Dramatization: Young U.S. Navy recruits in training at the Naval Training Center in San Diego, California. The recruits undergo various training exercises. Dramatization shows a group of recruits working as teams to climb a wall. A recruit runs through a semaphore training exercise and toward barracks. He reads from a paper and announces permission has been granted for the recruits to go fishing. The recruits in uniform on fishing boats at sea. New recruits joke around standing on the boat. Two recruits slip a fish down the shirt of a fellow recruit. A recruit (played by George Reeves - later "Superman") points to several Destroyers and mistakenly calls them Battleships. Another recruit points out a submarine. A commanding officer points out the view of North Island Naval Base, and the port and downtown area of San Diego. The recruits are fishing. An officer asks an enlisted man to pick up a blue tackle box and he picks up a yellow one instead.

Date: 1940
Duration: 3 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064966
American seaplane fighter aircraft F2Y Sea Dart taxis and takes off during a test flight in San Diego Bay in California.

Testing of American seaplane fighter aircraft F2Y Sea Dart at San Diego Bay in San Diego, California. The F2Y Sea Dart taxiing on bay waters during a test flight. Other vessels in the water. The F2Y Sea Dart taxis and takes off. The seaplane in flight. The bow of a huge vessel in view. The F2Y Sea Dart lands on the bay waters. The seaplane moves past another vessel. Buildings on the shore in the background. The seaplane taxis on the water. Vessels sail past the seaplane. The seaplane comes to a halt.

Date: 1953, July
Duration: 3 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069982
Seaplane fighter aircraft F2Y Sea Dart comes to a halt and taxis on water during a test flight in San Diego Bay in California.

Testing of American seaplane fighter aircraft F2Y Sea Dart at San Diego Bay in San Diego, California. The F2Y Sea Dart taxis during a test. The seaplane comes to a halt and again taxis on the water taking a turn. Hangars on the shore in the background. The seaplane taxis on the bay waters.

Date: 1953, July 15
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069983
The icebreaker, USS Burton Island, leaves San Diego on ice reconnaissance cruise to King Island, Alaska

A film titled' Icebreaker' about the journey of the icebreaker, USS Burton Island (AGB-1) to King Island, Alaska as a part of U.S. Navy annual winter ice reconnaissance program. Skyline of San Diego, California as the USS Burton Island leaves the harbor. Ship underway at sea. Crew member securing items on deck. Commander Everett A. Trickey, U.S.N, Captain of the ship works on a map. Animated map shows the route taken by the USS Burton Island to reach King Island. Helmsman steers the wheel of the ship. Ship underway at rough sea. Water washes over the deck of the ship.

Date: 1952
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077432
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt boards the USS Houston in San Diego, California.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt arrives, in an open car decorated with patriotic bunting, at a pier in San Diego, where the American cruiser, USS Houston (CA -30) is docked. Camera focuses on the superstructure of the Cruiser, which displays the American flag and a flag with the Presidential Seal. Next, the President is seen looking over the railing of the Houston as well-wishers wave from the dock below. Closeup of Roosevelt smiling broadly as he waves from the ship's railing. Glimpse of USS Houston underway in San Diego harbor. (Note: On this occasion, President Franklin D. Roosevelt boarded the USS Houston for a fishing trip. His party included scientists from the Smithsonian Institute, who were to collect specimens from Central and South America while the President fished.)

Date: 1938, July 17
Duration: 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033694
U.S. Navy officers and sailors aboard flying boat Caroline Mars as it taxis in water and takes off in San Diego, California.

The U.S. Navy flying boat Caroline Mars carry 218 passengers from San Diego to Alameda and sets a new record. The U.S. Navy officers and sailors stand at a dock. They wear life jackets and walk towards the flying boat. The sailors and passengers aboard a U.S. Navy flying boat Caroline Mars. Insignia of the United States on the Caroline Mars. A signal officer gives a signal. The flying boat taxis in water and takes off. Caroline Mars in flight from San Diego to Alameda.

Date: 1949, February 28
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069305