U.S. Secretary of Labor James J Davis retires from his office in Washington DC, United States. Hoover cabinet bids farewell to Davis. U.S. President Herbert Hoover and Davis pose along with other officials. Hoover , Davis and other officials seated in chairs. Officials stand behind them. They pose.
Campaigning for U.S. President Thomas Woodrow Wilson in the United States. A large crowd gathers for the campaign. Buildings along street sides. People gather outside a building decorated with flags and bunting. A car passes along a street. A cameraman records the event. A sign on the building reads: 'Our hats off to the President who has kept us out of war'.
The U.S. Naval Training Center in Great Lakes, Illinois, during World War I. (now called Naval Station Great Lakes, or NAVSTA Great Lakes). Trucks and cars are driven through the main entrance gate. Sailors in uniforms walk in and out of the gate. A building near the gate. A sign on the building reads: 'US Naval Training Station, Great Lakes Illinois'. A flag flutters from a flag pole outside a building. Smoke from chimneys of a factory. Wide ranging views of many buildings at the training station from elevated and ground positions. View of barracks.
U.S. sailors in training for World War 1. The U.S. Navy sailors on a parade ground of the Great Lakes Naval Training Station in the United States. The sailors march. Buildings of the Station in the background. The sailors tow a howitzer. They aim the howitzer and kneel behind it. Riflemen kneel in the background. The riflemen and ammunition carriers move up and kneel in a line beside the howitzer. Smoke rises as a gun is fired. Men move back to their original positions.
U.S. Navy personnel engage in a mock battle in the United States. A cruiser underway at sea. The cruiser fires salvos. Small boats sail away from the cruiser. A landing craft underway. Men in a landing craft beside a larger ship. Men fire rifles and a howitzer at a beach. Sailors march down a path in woods. Officers and a drummer lead. Men spread out moving through the woods. Sailors in lines fire in a field. A U.S. flag flutters atop a flag pole. Marines in foxholes poised to fire rifles. Smoke rises from the firing.
From a U.S. Navy training film "Special Conditions of Flight" on the working of airships. Special conditions of flight are explained. An airship in flight. High winds and snow create problems for flight. It also creates problems for ground handling of the airship. The airship lands. Ground crew rushes towards it. 'US Navy' written on the airship. Men at work. Special masts are erected on the ground to handle airships during bad flight conditions. A crew inside the airship. The airship in flight. An instrument panel. A rudder man at the controls of the airship. Guided by careful weather forecast, the airship's operations are conducted.
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