Exuberant Australians welcome the US Navy in Brisbane

Title card: "US Squadron in Brisbane" / People on a dock with a battleship cruising beyond them / Others wave as the USS Downes (DD-375) passes with sailors standing on the deck / CU bow of a ship being towed by a tugboat, another ship in the distance / sailors on deck with a listing boat jammed with people in bkgd / The hull of the USS Chicago (CA-29) with sailors gathered on the deck / A sailor slides down thick ropes / sailors on dock pulling ropes attached to the ship / suited man and US Naval officer descend steep stairs, officer salutes and walks forward / Soldiers stand at attention with rifles / VS an Australian officer salutes US officer; they shake hands and chat / Horses with uniformed riders lead a parade in a torrent of ticker tape / An elevated view of a person waving an American flag as hundreds of US Navy sailors march below; young men at right are wearing bush hats / VS Navy color guard marching / a closer view of the marching sailors / rear high angle shot men marching in the long procession / An Australian man runs through a row of sailors and tries to grab one's hat / The crowd, most in hats, cheer and wave flags / A mock-up of the front of a battleship with Uncle Sam and "Atta Boy!" / QS men grab another scrambling on top of a Woolworth's sign / The reviewing stand, with sailors marching by / Australian and US Naval officers saluting from reviewing stand / Australian sailors marching / VS Australian soldiers marching, carrying bayoneted rifles / men at the rear with their guns festooned with ticker tape