Pre-WWII - 1930s, USA: Navy, First Line of Defense

Pre-WWII - 1930s, USA: Navy, First Line of Defense Title. 00:53:31 Line of naval battleships at sea & anchored offshore w/ city on shore in background. On bridge w/ officers & seaman at wheel. POV bow thru water. At sea, ships in column behind stern of navy ship. Various ships moving along coast. Cruiser (?) silhouetted & passing. Small ships underway in column close to shore. 00:54:30 Fleet heading for war games in battle order. Destroyers. Large pre-WW2 battleships thru waves & w/ biplane warming up on catapult, launched & overhead. Various shots of ships. 00:55:36 Reconnaissance biplanes from slightly above. Destroyers passing alongside battleships; in column. Sailors launching depth charges, CUs; explosions. Ships in close proximity. Dramatic shots of battleships. 00:57:22 Bugler, CUs, men running to battle stations up stairs & closing hatches & gun barrels. 00:58:24 Battle flags; loading powder into hoist & shells & powder into guns & fired / firing; repeating. Ship’s wake. 01:00:27 End w/ ships on smooth water. Ships returning to port after naval exercises. 01:01:13 Ship at sunset. 01:01:25 The End. 1940 Recruiting Film; Defense preparations; Pre-WW2; Propaganda;