View of U.S. Army transport ship, "El Aquario," at dockside in San Francisco, California, preparing to get underway in support of the Army Air Corp Alaska Flight Project, in 1934. Views from aboard the El Aquario, as it makes its way out of San Francisco. View from amidship, forward to the pilot house. Views of surrounding scenery as the ship makes way in protected inland waters from Seattle Washington through Vancouver, British Columbia, and Southern Alaska. View on deck as the ship rolls while underway.. View in ship's dining hall during meal as she rolls slightly (not enough to upset the dishes). An isolated waterfront house seen along the way.
Ice breakers push out into the St. Lawrence River to clear the channel for shipping. Federal ice breaker MB Mclain cuts through ice and maneuvers its way across the Montreal Harbor. Captain of the ship on deck. The ship cuts through a heavy lair of ice. She backs up again and pushes through.
St. Michael the Archangel, largest mental institution in North America is blown by fire. Firemen trying to stop the fire. Fire blows whole building. Snow covers the shattered asylum.
A Doberman Pinscher gives birth to twelve pups. A woman takes care of the pups. Six pups are male and six female. The mother feeds the litter of puppy dogs. The woman feeds one of the pups from a bottle of milk.
A film titled '740 escape unhurt as flames sweep home for mutes' shows a home for mutes on fire as fire fighters spray water to extinguish the fire in Montreal in Quebec. People stand by the road side as fire fighters perform rescue work. Wrecked furniture is seen. (World War II period).
Well-wishers stand on a pier at Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt (CFB Esquimalt) in British Columbia, to bid farewell to Canadian sailors preparing to leave on destroyers heading to the West Indies on a training tour. One sailor kisses his baby held in her mother's arms. Brief glimpse of crew members aboard a destroyer. The Royal Canadian Navy White Ensign, displayed on a destroyer. Sailors attending to their respective duties as a destroyer prepares to leave the dock. The destroyer, HMCS "Restigouche" displaying "HOO" on its hull, backing away from the dock, past another destroyer, still tied up. View of officers on the bridge and sailors lined up on deck as the ship continues backing into the harbor. View from land, as both destroyers head out to sea, past the Bickford Tower, at the entrance to the Esquimalt harbor. The destroyers underway into the setting sun