United States Air Force (USAF) Aerobic physical fitness programs and its benefits in the United States. An AF personnel reads manual for administering the programs. Commanders discuss for conducting physical fitness programs. Booklet of 'USAF Aerobics' is read. It instructs how to achieve high level of physical fitness. A man runs. 'Starter' table of physical exercise showing week schedule including time goal and points of week. USAF physical fitness programs are conducted. Personnel swim in swimming pool and do cycling. Aerobic personnel progress chart of John D. Jones is shown. Personnel run as training begins.
Workers engaged at asbestos work sites in United States. Industrial hygienist explains about workers who breathe in asbestos indirectly. Workers include pipe fitters, welders, mechanic, ship builders and others. Industrial hygienist states that industrial hygienists who work at asbestos work site, should be aware of exposure of asbestos and use protective gear while working. He shows two variety of asbestos including amosite and chrysotile, which is used by ship builders. He shows health standards and measures for protection from asbestosis. He explains air sampling device and its functions. A chemist works with microscope and other equipment to measure sample in chemical laboratory. Scientific studies conclude protection is required with increasing concentration of fibers during working hours.
The plight of Khmer refugees, with focus on role of international organizations from Europe. Host Alexander speaks about resettlement of Khmer refugees. Refugees in camp at Kampuchea (later Cambodia) seen washing utensils. International relief agency trucks delivering supplies of aid to camp refugees. Khmer refugees in an open air building. Red Cross flag at distribution center. Victor Palmieri, U.S. Coordinator for Refugee Affairs speaks about distribution of food in camp area. Ship harbor for distribution of supplies. Palmieri discusses difficulty getting supplies into harbor at Phnom Penh. Morton I. Abramowitz, U.S. Ambassador to Thailand, talks about to help people of Indochina and to keep refugees alive as he is interviewed.
Bombings and destruction in China. Animated map depicts destruction of air power on area shown. Airbases of Liuchow (Liuzhou) and Kweilin (Guilin) in Guangxi, China. Evacuation of airfields by U.S. Bombs explode. Buildings are burned, fields are destroyed by advancing Japanese Army. Buildings burn. Lowering of U.S. flag as buildings burn in the background. Burning buildings once occupied by U.S. troops. Views of Chinese refugees. Face of child. Burning buildings. Chinese soldiers retreating from Liuchow (Liuzhou). Bare feet of retreating refugees. (World War II period).
Actor dressed as a cowboy,on horseback, smoking a cigarette in a movie. Purportedly an unidentified flying object (UFO) appears behind him in the sky. (Note: This is from a U.S. Air force collection and has been identified as an outtake from a movie entitled "A man called Gannon," filmed in 1968.)
U.S. Army Air Service Douglas World Cruisers (DWC) in the United States during the first flight around the world. In Aleutian Islands, Alaska: Flier Douglas World Cruiser on a lake before the hop across the Pacific to Japan. A snow-covered mountain in the background. Two cruisers. One of the cruisers warms up. One of the cruisers as it is being raised onto a Coast Guard ship. Raised aircraft engine shows engine change in Lieutenant Leigh Wade's (Pilot of the World Cruiser) airplane for a hop to Attu Island in Japan. Lt. Lowell H. Smith standing on the nose of the aircraft holding the propeller blade. A stationary cruiser on a shore. Another cruiser seen. Both are equipped with pontoons. Three of the world cruisers in flight while they are in their first flight from America to Asia. Animated map shows the dangerous route across the Pacific. The Pacific crossed by airplane. Animated map of the coastline of North America and Asia with 'Second Division Chicagoff to Kagoshima, Japan' written on the map.
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