A medical condition 'trench foot' of U.S. soldiers caused by prolonged exposure of the feet to damp and cold conditions during World War II. An ambulance brings an affected soldier to a hospital in Europe. The soldier on a stretcher is taken into the hospital. Bandaged feet of the soldier lying on the stretcher. The soldier is covered with blankets. He is given a small amount of whiskey. A use of sympathetic block on the patient with a solution of Procaine Hydrochloride. Exposure of the injured, bandaged feet. A fan is turned on. The patient is treated for prevention from secondary infections. Blistered feet of the patient. The patient affected by gangrene is treated. The patient has a meal. Physical therapy is given to the patient including diaphragmy, warm baths, exercises and massages. The surgery is performed in critical cases.
Medical condition 'trench foot' of U.S. soldiers caused by prolonged exposure of the feet to damp and cold conditions in Europe during World War II. Shows mild cases of trench foot where soldiers manage to walk after speedy recovery. A severe case of trench foot as a soldier walks with swelling and tingling in feet. Tissue section with normal muscle and antrophic muscle with fibrosis. Nerves pressed upon by increased fibrous tissue surroundings. Soldier with problem of trench foot being carried on stretcher into hospital tent. Feet of soldier being examined. Sign reads '30th Evac Receiving'. Shows severe cases of trench foot, its prevention and cure.
United States Ninth Airforce bombard European towns under German occupation during World War 2. Aerial view of clouds seen from a bomber’s open bomb bay. A man holding a lever inside a bomber. A United States Ninth Airforce officer on an airfield. Aerial view of a countryside in Europe. Smoke emanates over bomb sites.
Wreckage of a bomber, probably associated with United States Ninth Air Force raids in Europe during World War II. Out of focus views of an airfield and bombers in flight.
African American soldiers of the United States Army on board a ship heading for Europe during World War 2. A soldier sitting at his post in front of ship anti-aircraft gun. View of a young black soldier. Two black soldiers laughing. A black soldier sitting pensively. A black soldier reads a book while smoking a pipe.
View from aircraft-mounted camera. Aircraft approaches airfield where multiple enemy German aircraft lie. The aircraft strafes one of the planes on the ground. Scene changes to second pass over the field, where the previous target aircraft is seen destroyed and smoking. Aircraft fires on a second and third aircraft. Third pass over an industrial building, a second USAAF aircraft flies ahead, also firing at the building. Damaged buildings in the background. Additional passes are made to strafe enemy German bomber aircraft parked on the ground. Taken from aircraft of First Lieutenant H. F. Grenning, 434th Squadron, 479th Fighter Group, VIII Fighter Command, during WW2 in Europe.