U.S. Navy sailors in training near a seaplane during World War I. They look in the cockpit of the seaplane which is a Curtiss F-Boat. Two men in aviator garb. A sailor helps an aviator into a life preserver. The sailors work on the seaplane and turn a crank to start the engine. Some of the sailors lay wooden planks on water. They ease the flying boat with aviators aboard and propellers turning down the planks into water of Lake Michigan. Some buildings of the Great Lakes Naval Training Station visible in the background. The flying boat takes off and in flight. Change of scene and aerial view of a Kearsarge class battleship. Tugs off the starboard side. Scene change again to the Curtiss flying boat. The seaplane comes in for a landing.
U.S. Navy sailors in a mess hall at the Naval Station Great Lakes during training in World War 1 period. The sailors walk and form ranks in front of the mess hall. They march in through a door. An old car parked in the foreground. The sailors go through the door. Interior of the mess hall. Tables being set. Waiters place food on plates. The sailors enter, sit at the long tables and eat.
U.S. sailors at a rifle range in the United States. Target boards in the foreground. They shoot, keep score and watch the target. A target board is lowered and raised. The sailors shoot at the target board. Row of targets being raised and lowered. Smoke from chimneys in the background.
U.S. sailors at a firing range in the United States. Men examine a large piece of metal with holes in it. A sign on the piece reads: '5 inches Nickel Steel Armor Plate'. A seaman looks at a large shell. A seaman sticks his head through the hole in the metal plate. The sailors look at another metal plate with shell holes. A sign on the plate reads: 'Krupp Armor plate'.
U.S. sailors work in the United States. Boys seated on a floor. They scrub clothes. Some rinse and wring them over basins.
United States naval proving grounds in Dahlgren, Virginia. Flak burst as anti aircraft guns are fired. Explosions occur in water. A building at the proving grounds in Dahlgren, Virginia. Men inside the building make preparations to fire a 5 inch projectile in a pit having a diameter of 25 feet. A man places a projectile in a box and after the detonation wires are checked the pit is filled with sawdust. Sawdust is dampened with water. Saw dust being detonated. Saw dust pass through various machines as fragments are recovered. A magnetic roller being used to recover fragments. Fragments being weighed and sorted. Men work on machines as they sort out fragments. Fragments being arranged and photographs taken to keep a record.
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