World War 1 soldiers recover and receive therapy at U.S. Army hospital facility of Fort Sheridan, in Lake County, Illinois. Recovering soldiers exercise, and are helped to exercise by therapists and other patients. Patient has limb prosthesis fitted by worker. Patient tries on a prosthetic artificial leg. One-legged patient on crutches, sits on bench. Injured soldier with artificial leg walks using cane.
Injured and disabled World War 1 U.S. Army soldiers are seen in a "curative workshop" at Fort Sheridan, in Lake County, Illinois, soon after the end of World War 1. Patients perform occupational therapy tasks which require the use of injured limbs. Patients are seen in a wood working shop, caning chairs, weaving baskets, and taking a course in commercial art. Patients work on paintings while lying in bed.
Injured and recovering U.S. Army soldiers practice and relearn fine motor skills as part of occupational therapy at hospital facilities of Fort Sheridan, in Lake County, Illinois. Patient writes at blackboard with chalk, relearning writing skills. Patients work at tables on various detailed and fine motor skills, as nurses assist. A soldier works with a soldering iron. Patients at telegraph machines and typewriters regain skills. Nurse instructor moves from one to another helping the soldiers with typing skills.
Workers working in the canning assembly line of the Wilson and Company meat packing enterprise, in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Women workers pack meat cans into boxes, as the cans roll down a canning line. Pile of cans labeled 'Wilson & Co' in the background. Group of women pack tins.
United States President Harry S. Truman and British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill speak at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. The speakers recognize College President Franc L. McCluer and Missouri state Governor Phil M. Donnelly. President Truman praises Churchill. Prime Minister Churchill addresses the assembled intellects and dignitaries at the meeting in his "Sinews of Peace" address. Truman says Churchill "Is a great Englishman. But he's half American." During this famous speech which became known as the "Iron Curtain speech," Churchill thanks the college for giving him an honorary degree. He describes the times as "anxious and baffling." He says the U.S. "stands at the pinnacle of world power" and that it has an "awe-inspiring accountability to the future." With a "sense of dutydom, and anxiety lest you fall below the level of achievement... Opportunities here now, clear and shining for both our countries."
Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister of United Kingdom, addresses people at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. In an excerpt from his famous "Sinews of Peace" address, Churchill talks about the situation in Europe and the Soviet influence. He makes his famous statement that, "...an iron curtain has descended..." President Harry S. Truman and other dignitaries seated on the stage behind him.
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