This beautiful, patriotic color film, produced in 1945, is made in appreciation of the proud men and women who served in the U.S. Navy. It was intended to help with the demobilization of the wartime Navy and the discharge of so many hundreds of thousands of sailors and officers who could soon be on their way back to civilian life. The movie shows the many valuable ways of life that have been protected by the men and women in service to the United States. The film opens with a Navy destroyer sailing on the open ocean. Water is turned up behind the boat. Sailors stand proudly 1:10. In a flashback, men go from uniforms to civilian clothing 1:15. Fans cheer in the stands. 1:30. Navy men swab the deck 1:37. Landing signal officer waves in a plane 1:45. Man lays in a sickbed as a doctor attends 1:50. A sailor enjoys a chicken leg and a man aboard ship struggles with a sandwich 2:04. Sailor lies in his bunk 2:18. Sailors are inspected by officers on deck 2:27. A sailor sits, feeling lonely 2:33. A sailor stands watch, long into the night 2:40. An officer berates a sailor 2:50. Sailors put out a raging fire on board a carrier men are injured 3:15. A politician bangs his desk and speaks to a crowd 3:35. A bombed out city is flown over 3:45. A starving child walks along and injured children are held by ragged women 4:13. Foreign children are starving 4:18. An American boy swings a bat and hits a baseball 4:25. Women and children walk in a park 4:29. Men shakes the hand of a sailor on the street 4:40. A mother reads to her child 4:51. Fisherman arrange their nets 4:58. A parade passes by a reviewing stand 5:11. Two children walk behind sailors mimicking them in adoration 5:18. Fans stand in the grandstand of a sporting event to salute the flag 5:40. Navy men salute as the American flag is lowered 5:44. Cows graze in the pasture 5:53. Scenes from America. Farms, towns and cities 6:08. The Declaration of Independence 6:13. Boats in the harbor and the site where the Oliver Cromwell, a Connecticut warship in the revolution, was built in 1776 6:27. Ironworkers, farmers, writers, clergy at work and at worship 6:35. A couple sits on a porch swing, men play chess and sit outside a general store 7:06. A man fishes, while others golf and sail boats 7:24. An art gallery, a sculpture and a boy plays the guitar representing our arts 7:36. A jazz ensemble plays on stage 7:45. A band plays on stage 7:58. People join in free assembly and discuss community issues 8:12. A church steeple and people exit the service 8:36. Children play in a schoolyard 8:43. Children run down the stairs on Christmas morning 8:50. People exercise their right to vote 9:00. The Secretary of the Navy, James V. Forrestal (1944) speaks to the camera about Navy veterans finishing their jobs well and proudly returning to civilian life 9:20. The End. Photographed in Technicolor. 1945.

James Vincent Forrestal (February 15, 1892 – May 22, 1949) was the last Cabinet-level United States Secretary of the Navy and the first United States Secretary of Defense.

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