A training film of the U.S. Navy in the United States. Cargo at Naval Supply Center in Oakland, California. Freight delivered by rail to terminal classified yard. Motor trucks carry cargo to loading and storage area. Barges also deliver cargo. Trains assigned for particular delivery. Lumber loaded at storage area. It is sealed, moved and checked by mechanized equipment and workers at a terminal.
A U.S. Navy training film in the United States. Cargo at Naval Supply Center in Oakland, California. The Administration Building of Naval Supply Center. Officials in meeting about planning of cargo delivery. Animation shows use of papers such as Bill of Lading and Way bill, Booking papers, Terminal papers and Manifest papers at port. Rail loads cargo taken to warehouse and then loaded on the ship. Any delay or stoppage results in the ware house being filled and the traffic being blocked. A map shows traffic between Oakland and Norfolk. Use of fork lift truck for cargo transfer. A checker checks and pastes identification paper on packet with information of dock receiving and shipper company. Officials plan and do the necessary changes for the cargo delivery.
A U.S. Navy training film about loading the cargo at naval terminal port, the Naval supply center at Oakland, California. Ships at the port. Cranes and loading net near the ship. Cargo accumulated to be loaded on the ship. A checker signs the delivery and cargo is delivered by a fork lift. A hatch attender signals and cargo sling is lifted up by gantry cranes at deck sides. The cargo is secured by beam cramps and steel straps on the ship. Pontoons cover the cargo. The ship ready to go to the sea. Last check by stabile guage and engineer computing device. Before going the necessary papers are checked like hatch list, statement of cargo. The captain sees slowage plane which gives the information about quantity, location and type of cargo on the ship. Buffering line and handing before shipment starts.
Departure of United States Army Major General Charles Andrew Willoughby from Yokohama, Japan. High ranking officers stand on a pier. U.S. Army Lieutenant General Doyle Overton Hickey stands. Major General Willoughby stands on the pier. He talks with the officers. Willoughby talks with Hickey. Willoughby shakes hands with U.S. Army General Matthew Bunker Ridgway. His wife Mary Anthony Ridgway looks on. Major General Willoughby, Lieutenant General Hickey, General Ridgway and Mrs. Ridgway pose.
Departure of United States Major General Charles Andrew Willoughby from Yokohama, Japan. Maj. Gen. Willoughby reviews the honor guard at a pier. An army band plays. Transporter in the background. A citation is read and Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) is presented to Willoughby by U.S. General Bunker Ridgway. Ridgway walks along the pier. His wife Mary Anthony Ridgway walks along.
Departure of United States Major General Charles Andrew Willoughby from Yokohama, Japan. Maj. Gen. Willoughby comes aboard a ship. He shakes hands with a group of civilians before he turns and walks up a gangplank. Japanese Premier Shigeru Yoshida, U.S. officers and Japanese civilians come off the ship after saying good bye to the Major General. Willoughby waves from the ship. The gangplank is pulled away from the ship and is lowered to the pier. Two sailors aboard the ship start to close the hatch doors. The ship alongside the pier. Dockworkers remove lines.