Red Cross nurses make cloth masks to wear while caring for thousands of Spanish Flu patients in Boston, Massachusetts during epidemic outbreak. A nurse demonstrates how to wear a mask over the mouth and nose. Red Cross caps on the heads of the nurses. Brief slate at end of clips reads, "To avoid influenza: Cough or sneeze in a handkerchief. Keep your mouth, nose, and skin clean!"
Food conservation exhibit in Boston, Massachusetts during World War I. A kitchen on a vehicle. Posters stuck on the kitchen. People crowd around the vehicle. Men and women in the kitchen on the vehicle. People seated and standing near the vehicle. Men and women in the kitchen cook food.
Girls from Charleston Navy Yard are taught how to shoot with rifles and pistols in Boston, Massachusetts during World War I. The girls stand in a group. An officer holds a rifle, teaches them to shoot. He hands over the rifle to a girl. The girls stand in a line aiming with the rifle. The officer instructs them. Another officer holds a pistol in his hands and teaches a girl how to shoot with the pistol. The girl practices holding the pistol. A close up of a girl aiming with a rifle.