Port of Disembarkation, New York Harbor Part 1

Description

This moving image includes the following: In reel 1, the transports Leviathan, Agamemnon, Imperator, Kaiserim Auguste Victoria, and Patricia move through the harbor and dock at Hoboken, N.J. Wounded troops are placed on ambulances. Shows Sgt. Alvin C. York, Gen. William R. Smith, and battleships at anchor. In reel 2, Coast Guard cutters remove wounded from the transport Northern Pacific, aground off Fire Island. The transport Stockholm docks at Hoboken, 93rd Division Black troops (369th Infantry) debark, board a ferry, land at New York City, and parade through the city to Harlem. Governor Smith reviews the parade.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Historical Films