Scenes from shakedown cruise of USS Tennessee battleship (BB-43), soon after its June 1920 commissioning in New York. Smoke from the battleship stack and US Navy sailors on the ship.
The U.S. Navy battleship, USS Tennessee (BB-43) passing the camera while conducting trials on Long Island Sound, in October, 1920, after being fitted out following her commissioning at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on on June 3, 1920. Her triple turret 14-inch guns are clearly visible as is the name, Tennessee, on her stern. She is seen again, raising plumes of black smoke as she steams in the opposite direction. All four of her triple 14-inch gun turrets are visible in silhouette. She is making good speed in very calm waters. (The camera ship is challenged to keep pace.) The Tennessee maneuvers to port in a fairly sharp turn, and the camera ship moves into her wake. A civilian, in hat and overcoat, is seen momentarily on the camera ship. More views of the Tennessee, include some from a distance as she maneuvers and heads toward the camera ship.
Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley escorts U.S. Secretary of State, Cordell Hull on a tour of the beachhead at Normandy, during World War 2. He points out items of interest to the Secretary Hull. The beach is filled with war materiel, and many ships are off shore.
Secretary of State Cordell Hull and Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley travel by jeep through the town of Carentan to the Omaha beachhead in France. Houses and buildings line the streets. A man walks on the street. A statue at a small square in center of town. A wheel cart nearby the statue. The jeep arrives at a bluff overlooking the beachhead, where General Bradley points out places and things of interest. Secretary Hull dons a steel helmet. They drink some refreshments. Below them the U.S. Army has a contingent of soldiers bivouacked on the beachhead. (World War II period).
Secretary of State Cordell Hull walks towards hospital tents of the 267th U.S. Army Field Hospital, where he visits with wounded soldiers. Secretary Hull talks to the wounded soldiers and shakes hands with some. Medics stand behind him.. Secretary Hull and Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley sit in a jeep. (World War II period).
American soldiers pass by on a street in St Lo, France in World War II. Wrecked buildings on the street. A U.S. Army soldier processes an incoming German prisoner. A German prisoner (young looking boy soldier) with his hands up on the street. Smoke arises from wrecked house. Soldiers walk through rubble on the street. Destroyed houses and street in the area. Final brief scene shows an American soldier as he lights a demolition fuse.
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