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Copper sulphate and tannic acid solutions are to treat U.S. soldiers who are exposed to white phosphorous particles (WW2)
A World War II chemical warfare training film based on U.S. soldiers being treated for exposure to white phosphorous particles during a war. Soldiers run away as a white phosphorous bomb explodes in the United States. The soldiers in a ditch try to remove phosphorous particles from their bodies. Severely wounded soldiers are evacuated. Bandages from a soldier's body are removed at a battalion aid station. Copper sulphate and tannic acid solutions are used on phosphorous burns. The soldiers march.
Air Corps cadets and marines trained in United States
United States Air Corps cadets taught at a class room in United States. Cadets trained as they learn about various instruments of aerial navigation. They board laboratory planes and take off to know the practical aspects of flying an aircraft. Marines learn to swim in the sea and row rubber boats.
Students of Antioch College learn practical lessons in child study and child care in the United States.
Students of Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio take up various courses and on the job training to learn skills. A college student girl looks after a young child and helps him to put on a Native American Indian costume during play time. A day nursery in Cleveland Ohio where children play around a table and a young boy smiles while he finger paints. Students working at the Sigma Gamma Hospital in Detroit (also called Memorial Orthopedic Hospital, and later St. John North Shores Hospital) tend and treat children suffering from paralysis from polio. A young woman assists a boy in removing his leg braces. She then carries him to an indoor swimming pool and gently sets him down in the water, where the two of them play with a toy boat. Next scene shows a boys' club in Dayton, Ohio where young boys play table tennis (ping pong) and others look on. Students of Antioch College supervise athletics near Chicago, as a group of young women college students practice hand stands and . At the college the students gain first hand experience in child study. A woman at the Bells Research Institute of Antioch College works with a boy who is disabled (possibly polio). Girls look after children and do case work for children in need.
Students of Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, outside of Dayton, Ohio, take up jobs in science and engineering during World War II
Title Slate reads: "Science and Engineering." This is followed by World War II scenes of American industrial sites, including some dominated by smoke stacks and railroad connections. Men are seen walking at a major shipping port where ships are being loaded and unloaded by large cranes. Sign above one building reads:"Ford." Views inside that plant of ford automobiles being assembled. Mechanics climb a ladder to access a Douglas DC-3 transport plane parked outside a hangar. View of aircraft radial engines being worked on inside a manufacturing plant. young men working in a machine shop are described by narrator, as "Students." and notes that they are engaged in a work-study program that shifted toward the defense industry during World War 2. A member of the Antioch faculty is seen working with a student at a drafting table in a war plant. Closeup of an engine part design on the drafting table. Antioch student, Norman Lawson, works fabricating a giant searchlight for use in the war. He turns the light on to test it. Other students are seen working in a chemistry laboratory, using typical glass equipment and precise balances. A student is seen pouring molten material from a furnace into a crucible. Views of dials being adjusted and belt-driven machinery. A student operating a drill press in a machine shop. A glimpse of the Antioch College campus. A group of students engaged in discussions in their dormitory. Several first year students in a journalism class. Students in an accounting class. View of Antioch's Science building, donated by Charles Kettering (Head of Research at General Motors Corporation), who is pictured. Students conducting research in photosynthesis as well as physics and chemistry in the building. A student studying a book on philosophy.
U.S Army Lieutenant General Brehon Somervell urges all Americans to contribute to war effort during World War II.
U.S Army Lieutenant General Brehon Somervell gives radio address to all Americans early during World War 2. He cites the early defeats being suffered by America and its allies in the struggle against the Axis Powers worldwide. He emphasizes the importance of Americans devoting all their efforts to work for the war effort, and exhorts everyone to avoid anything in their civilian life and pursuits that might impede the Nation's war efforts. He states that if things go unchanged, it will be too late to save ourselves and America and civilization. He notes there is no room for any interest groups whose interests and actions might weaken America's war efforts. He appeals to all Americans to back up their fighting men.
Barrage balloons being released for surveillance over the Pacific during World War II.
Barrage balloons being released in the United States during World War II. Barrage balloon anchored at a football field in northwest United States. At the North west defense command headquarters areas to be protected are being spotted on a map. Orders for the release of the barrage balloons being sent through telephones to the various Commanders. Barrage Balloons being released from the football field to keep an eye over the Pacific. Barrage balloons in flight.