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Title card: "US Warships Welcomed in Sydney" / With pounding waves on rocks, the American fleet sails in the distance / USS Clark (DD-361) with other ships sailing in a line behind / Hundreds of sailors stand on a ship with heavy guns / Pan to two suspended, propeller, biplane seaplanes / Another ship with no markings / POV passing the bow with a closer view; the sailors standing at the railing under the guns and superstructure of the ship / USS Clark / USS Portland (CA-33) / A dramatic shot of a sailor standing high on the bow, American flag above him, USS Clark and USS Conyngham (DD-371) in bkgd / officers salute other officers on decks standing at attention, brass band at right, officers walk forward / CU officer / VS officer shakes hands with men in civilian clothing / officer on deck walks to and climbs stairs / sailors march in the middle of a broad street / Pan to huge crowd of Australian people watching and waving / VS grinning sailors in white caps / officers marching / sailors marching / VS marching blocks of servicemen as they are showered with ticker tape, the twin-domed Queen Victoria Building in the distance / The crowd watches the parade, covered in tape / Pan to sailors marching / sailors marching past statue of sailor, one looks up at it / Tracking shot enormous crowd / VS sailor with a cigarette in his mouth making a note; another is deluged by exuberant, happy people / Pan down from confetti and tops of buildings to sailors marching / QS the crowd and an American flag / VS column of sailors turns corner, climbs stairs carrying US flags, passes camera / Admirals, one with heavy military braid, climb the stairs followed by civilian officials / Thousands of people surround a car and excitedly wave / Pennants decorate a building / VS the crowd, one policeman in a cape calling out, backs of some of the crowd members / An aerial of the gigantic crowd disbanding / Note: exact day not known; documentation incomplete