Footage shows the battleship firing its guns and of a naval battle at night (12:00). The film then takes viewers on a tour inside the ship, including the vessel’s war room and the captain’s room. There is an aerial view of the ship, and then the film shows the New Jersey during a battle in the Pacific against Japanese forces. Next, the film shows the New Jersey at sea, where it moves its guns. This is followed by the commission of the New Jersey in 1943 (06:20). Footage shows the battleships sailing at sea (04:41), then the film gives viewers a glimpse inside one of these dreadnoughts (05:37). The three ships are the Iowa, Wisconsin, and New Jersey.

The film then cuts to 1966 and shows viewers retired battleships sitting idle at a remote pier in the Philadelphia Navy yard. The film opens by taking viewers to the spring of 1921 where planes sink battleships as part of the agreement to cease battleship production following World War I. Navy, the late-1960s film The American Dreadnought gives viewers a brief history of the American battleship USS New Jersey and a solid background of this class of ship. Written by historian Richard Hough and presented by the U.S.

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