U.S. Navy cooks at work in the Great Lakes Naval Training Center (Naval Station Great Lakes) during World War I. Interior of a kitchen. The cooks put meat and then some eggs in a grinder. A man turns the handle of the slicer. A cook mixes and shapes a meat loaf. He places it in a pan. The cook takes meat loaf out of an oven. He slices it. He takes a pan of baked potatoes from the oven and places them on a platter. He dishes soup from a vat into a kettle. Creamed peas in a vat. Steaks are cooked on a stove top. A man draws coffee from a huge urn into pots.
Food for U.S. Navy sailors in training in the United States during World War I. At the Naval Station Great Lakes training facility, sailors seen near a large bin. A sign on the bin reads: 'The quickest way to reach a man's heart is through his stomach'. The sailors get plates from the bin and stand in a chow line. They choose food from trays and platters. Workers behind counters place food on plates as the sailors pass. Officers in a hall. Pictures on a wall. Men walk past. Officers, one with a notepad and a pencil in hand, watch a kitchen worker working out on a punching bag. A seaman poses on steps with a cut-out of the Statue of Liberty.
U.S. Navy sailors in training at a parade field of the Great Lakes Naval training station north of Chicago Illinois. The sailors march in formation. Smoke from a chimney in the background. Buildings in the foreground. A sailor blows a bugle. The sailors carrying rifles march beside troops. They stand at attention in formation. They stand in ranks and go through a rifle drill. They put bayonets on rifles and perform drill. They put the bayonets in scabbards. Men march and stand in a rank. They stack rifles and move backwards. Some of them move forward and pick up the rifles.
U.S. Navy sailors in training during World War I take time to play cards for fun. Sailors seated around a table at the Naval Station Great Lakes. They play cards. Several other sailors watch them playing.
U.S. Navy sailors engage in recreational activities during their World War 1 training at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, north of Chicago, in the United States. Two sailors box. Other sailors stand nearby and watch the boxing match. A group of sailors sings. One of them plays a mandolin and another plays a guitar. A sailor jumps into the middle of the gathered group and dances to the music.
U.S. sailors in training view different weapons in the United States during World War 1 training at the Naval Station Great Lakes. Sailors gather around displayed weapons. Instructors explain to them. A group of sailors gathers around a torpedo. An instructor explains to them. The group stands around a mine. Two machine guns on tripods. Two sailors stand behind a gun. The group gathers around a deck gun with a sighting device. A building of the Station in the background.
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