American Navy Boats (1914-1929)

American Navy boats laid up after First World War (1914 - 1918). United States of America. Aerial shots of American Fleet lined up off coastal area. Intertitle: ’Naval experts declare if these ships lie idle for two more years, they will be a total loss.’ Closer shots of the ships as we fly over them - quite a large number of ships. Intertitle: ’The cameraman comes down to earth.’ Shots of rigging and aerials on the ships. Intertitle: ’Material for the scrap heap.’ Pan across numerous bows of ships lined up at docks. Soldier with rifle stands to attention and walks about on patrol on deck of one ship by a large gun. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the new