Specific subject matter includes:

General views of USS Maine – in drydock (summer and winter in New York); at commissioning; installing 12”/40 guns and turrets; and the Cramp Philadelphia shipyard where she was constructed.

Views onboard USS Maine – ship’s band/concert, various mascots (cats, dogs, and goats); the first funeral aboard the ship, 1903; the race boat crew; turret crew; night gunfire; shark fishing; target practice and general onboard scenes.

Views of Maine crewmen ashore (generally in unidentified Caribbean locations) – posing with farm animals & locals; marching on parade; baseball and football games; ship’s minstrel troupe; beach recreation; tent encampment and picnic; target practice with Krag rifles and revolvers.

Other ships seen – US battleships at sea and in harbor: USS Alabama (BB-8) with Destroyer USS Hopkins or USS Hull; the cabin on USS Mayflower where Russian-Japanese Peace Treaty was held

Places seen – Lisbon, Portugal (street scenes & bull fights); Athens, Greece (ruins, street scenes with horse-drawn trolley); Trinidad (countryside,leper colony, Queen’s Square); various Caribbean villages (possibly Cuelebra); Corfu, Greece (overall views); Gibraltar (general views); Fayal, Azores (general views);  and Guantanamo Bay sailboat race.