A film "The Nuclear Ship Savannah" depicts testing trials in the United States. Sea trials of the nuclear-powered cargo and passenger ship, NS Savannah. She cruises in calm waters from her testing base at Yorktown, Virginia. Officers seen in operating positions. Helmsman steers her through various turning maneuvers. Engineers place challenging demands on her propulsion system from full speed ahead to full speed astern. Narrator calls attention to lack of smoke stack on this ship. atomic symbol painted on ship's side. Animated illustration of a nuclear reactor. View of turbine deck aboard the ship. View of the nuclear reactor control room. Numerous views of the Savannah cruising in calm waters. She is seen cruising the Delaware River near the Delaware Memorial Bridge. Model of the USS Savannah, first to cross the ocean using steam power (although she has sails). Animation showing departure of the Savannah from that city in 1819 and depicting boilers, retractable paddle wheels,and swiveling smoke stacks.
Sea plane base activity in the European Theater during World War I. A U.S. Navy Curtiss HS-2L seaplane lands and taxis to beach on coast of France during the First World War. . Ground crew sets plank for the crew to step to the beach. Several Curtiss seaplanes parked on a ramp near hangars. Weather is raining. Sailors maneuver a seaplane into a parking place. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Animated diagrams show the fly as a disease carrier in the United States. Animated diagram based on statistics shows the relation of intestinal diseases to the prevalence of flies and depicts deaths from typhoid. Views of eggs of fly. They develop into hairless whitish larvae. While feeding on the manure in which they live the larvae gradually change into pupae. At the termination of the pupa stage the fly comes out of the pupa case.
U.S. Army Military Police training at Fort Gordon in Georgia, United States. Views of Military Police (MP) saluting. Trainees standing at attention. MPs boarding a large helicopter. MPs in calisthenics, practicing judo, and at the firing range. Front Gate of the base. A car passes along the road. An MP salutes.
Activities of the U.S. Army Military Police at Fort Gordon in Georgia, United States. A sign: 'Military Police Station PMGS, Class Room 29'. Military Police trainees are briefed by a Sergeant in a Police Station and make notes. They are called to attention and march out. Two MPs encounter 2 other men on base, in civilian clothes. The MPs check their bag and find a radio they suspect may be stolen. They escort the men away. Two MPs in a jeep, respond to a call. They find an injured man in civilian clothes outside the barracks. They check his identification and escort him away. The MPs with two suspects report to the desk Sergeant at the Station. He determines that the radio is their property and dismisses them.
Graduation Ceremony for graduates of U.S. Army Military Police training course at Fort Gordon, Georgia, United States. Military Police (MPs) are honored by officers in a program. Friends and families seated in chairs to attend the outdoor program. Flags flying at the ceremony include some from other nations. Military Policemen on duty. A radion operator and a desk sergeant. An MP seated in a car. He talks over a telephone. The car is driven on a Military Base road. MPs directing army vehicles in a snow covered area. MPs carry and injured soldier in the snow. Change of scene to the Archway into Caserma Passalacqua, Verona, Italy, site of U.S. Army SETAF (Southern European Task Force) Headquarters. A 1956 Chevrolet Military Police car drives out of the SETAF gate with an American Military Policeman and an Italian Policeman inside. They drive and then park near the Verona Roman Arena and Palazzo Barbieri. They then patrol on foot together. Street scenes of Verona in that area.
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