View from upper deck of a ferry boat entering the terminal at Liberty Landing Train Station and Ferry Terminal, New Jersey. It approaches and reverses engines as it is about to touch the pier. It noses in gently and attendants set ramp in place using hand wheels. Once secured, passengers debark and enter building. Two men move baggage from the ferry.
A number of English war brides and babies step from a bus and enter an Army reception center in New York City. The women have identification tags on their coats. Many couples and children are seen, as they are being reunited after World War II. Many journalists and photographers record the happy event.
Waterfront near facilities of Norfolk boat builder, John H. Curtis, who perpetrated a hoax during the search for Charles Lindbergh's kidnapped son. (Curtis falsely claimed he was contacted by kidnappers who held the child on a yacht.) A wooden motor cabin boat is seen docked. The camera pans along the river past boats and a Security Storage building in the background. it focuses on the Curtis building and boatyard. A sign identifies it as "J.H. Curtis Boat & Engine Corp."
Boys devise home-made diving bell in Stone Harbor, New Jersey. A boy is made to wear a diving bell on the head by another boy, in front of a building. A few men and women watch them. Weights tied on to a rope secured to the boy's waist. Three boys on a boat in a water body. The boy wearing the diving bell goes down the water. The boy under the water. Fishes moving under the water beside the boy. The boy reading from a book under the water. The boy comes up from the water. The boys on the boat help the boy up from the water.
Mechanics during the final stages of work of world's largest conduit, in New York City, New York. Workers during the final stages of phone lines laying work on the shore of Harlem River. A giant cast iron pipe section is lowered by a crane on the river shore. Mechanics working with phone wires. A few men stand inside the pipe and discuss. Mechanics at work. The workers with the aid of an equipment lower the giant cast iron pipe into the Harlem River. A worker who went underwater comes up and is helped by another worker.
Film opens showing New Jersey National Guard soldiers returning to their training camp (Camp Fielder) at Sea Girt, New Jersey. Led by an army band, they march in formation along a sandy road with high berms on both sides.Glimpses of the marching troops from the side. As they proceed, toward the camera, they reach a point where they begin to march double-time. Scene shifts to a gate of the camp, where family, friends, and well wishers are gathered and a banner reading "Welcome" is stretched across the entrance. Led by officers on horseback, and the colors, the troops march through the gate. Next, soldiers are seen greeted by women family members. One soldier standing beside a tent, lifts his daughters, one at a time, and kisses them. He motions to his wife to pose with them. She does and he kisses her. Next, soldiers are seen briefly, with shouldered rifles, marching in formation. Scene shifts to another area of the Camp (named Camp Fielder for then Governor James F. Fielder). Here, army officers assist President Woodrow Wilson, to mount a horse. The President is dressed formally, including top hat. He poses for the camera. The President then rides with officers to review the National Guard troops drawn up in formation. He salutes with his top hat over heart, as they pass a color guard. He is next seen seated on horseback next to a commanding officer (possibly Colonel Daniel T. Mather) as they review the New Jersey National Guard troops passing in review.
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