When the Fleet Sailed (1915)
The finest vessels of Uncle Sam's Navy were lying in the harbor of New York. Among the officers who welcomed the change was Lieut. Harry Barton of the flagship, for "the sweetest girl in the world" lived in Manhattan. They had been engaged for some time, and planned to get married soon. At a reception one evening the officer and his fiancée met a young woman, and a few days later his fiancée came aboard accompanied by the other girl. While he was showing them about the lieutenant received a summons from the admiral, and went to his cabin. There he was told that the visitor was suspected of being a foreign spy. The Admiral closed the interview by warning his subordinate to be watchful, and sent him back to his friends. The lieutenant performed his duty so well that he aroused the jealousy of his fiancée. The suggestion was made by one high in authority that the lieutenant ostensibly resign, as it was expected that the supposed spy would try to use him in her plot, whatever it might be. The lieutenant consented, and the other officers believed he had quit the navy under a cloud. It was a bitter time for the lieutenant, for he was unable to explain to his fiancée. The sagacity of his superiors was soon manifest, however, for the woman under suspicion made much of the lieutenant and enrolled him in her band. The plot contemplated the destruction of several of the largest battleships, by launching floating mines against them as they lay in a harbor on the New England coast. These mines were to be taken upon a yacht, and the lieutenant had got so far into the confidence of the conspirators that they made him the captain of their craft. He sent full details to the admiral by wireless and sailed with the vessel, determined to guide her to the warships waiting to capture the boat and the conspirators. Before he sailed he sent word to his sweetheart, asking her to reserve judgment for a few days. Just as she was reading this note one of the conspirators entered. He was a man who had been in love with the woman spy, but he had been made jealous. He gloatingly told her her faithless lover was doomed. The conspirators, determined upon revenge, had placed dynamite in the coal bunkers of the yacht, and she would blow up. The girl rushed down to the landing, hoping to head off the yacht before she got away, but it was too late. Suddenly there was an explosion. Hoping to the last, she rushed to a launch nearby. In the water, clinging to a spar, she found her sweetheart.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Frederick Sullivan | Director |
| Lloyd Lonergan | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Harry Benham | |
| Florence La Badie | |
| Peggy Burke | |
| M. Perry Horton |
