Surgery patient in postoperative recovery is visited by U.S. Navy doctor who examines him and concludes he is doing well. (But patient has unrecognized infection, resulting from accidental contamination of an instrument during surgery.) Animated cartoon illustrates how infection progresses into blood poisoning. Shows bacteria awaking inside human body cavity and in a pool of plasma. Shows animated bacteria dividing and multiplying in the plasma. The bacteria talk to each other in the cartoon and refer to each other as poison (voiced by Mel Blanc). The bacteria play and dive in plasma pools as they multiply. Cartoon shows leukocytes coming out of capillary wall and moving through the tissue. It approaches a group of bacteria and devours them, then enlarges. Many leukocytes are seen consuming bacteria. Cartoon shows an abscess beginning to form, and then shows a streptococcus bacteria. It multiplies and plays in pools and slides inside the body, playing and laughing fiendishly. Chains of streptococus bacteria enter a capillary partially blocked with clotted blood, and then into the blood stream of the human body.
U.S. Navy sailor patient lying in bed after a surgical operation. A nurse records his temperature and fills up a chart. Cartoon animation shows view as if looking inside the human body, with the blood vessels and the operated part of the patient's body. Streptococcus bacteria had spread into the operated area , destroying leukocytes. Patient lying in bed as he feels unwell. Nurse records the body temperature. Doctors examine the operated area on the patient's leg, suffering blood poisoning. Blood plasma being administered to the patient. Navy doctor (played by Milburn Stone) looks concerned and thinks about what went wrong during the operation, remembering that possibly the instruments were contaminated. Sailor being discharges after recovery. He walks with a cane. He limps as he walks, needing a cane to help him walk for the rest of his life. Flashback of past events in the film show how the doctor sneezed, failed to rescrub, cut his surgical glove, and contaminated surgical instruments, leading to disease in the patient.
Disabled veterans of World War 2 are trained as watchmakers at a school in the Woodside suburb of Queens, New York City. Disabled veterans enter the Joseph Bulova School of Watchmaking (40-24 62nd St., Flushing, NY 11377). Doors with electric eye controls open school doors automatically for students in wheel chairs. The school also includes a wheelchair ramp. Disabled veterans in wheelchairs enter the school, followed by others walking. Faculty teach the men in a group. Some of the veterans were formerly employed as truck drivers, a chef and a music teacher. Veterans work on various equipment and manipulate small parts of watches. Veterans in a class receive training to receive new jobs as watch makers.
Holiday Parade at Central Park in New York. Civilians stand on either sides of the street. Helium-Inflated balloons in the air. Young children watch the balloons and wave. Decorated Santa Claus lane. People stand at lane. Santa Claus on a decorated float. Hollywood star Jack Benny on a float. A sign reads 'Jack Benny'.
Mountain handicrafts in North Carolina. A man uses discarded pieces of iron for some creative purpose. A man at a blacksmith shop uses creative ideas for making a candle stand. A man shapes a piece of iron with hammer. He gives it a shape of a flower. He melts the iron ring by burning it so that he can stick the joints. A melted iron rod is shaped. The parts made separately assembled. Various kind of candle stands.
Mountain handicrafts demonstrated in North Carolina. Wool obtained from sheep in highlands. Sheep in barn. A woman boils flowers, roots, bark and hulls of black walnut to dye the wool. She puts the wool in boiling water for dyeing. The wool is dyed in red color. She dries the wool on string. Woman weaves woolen clothe on a loom. Geometrical designed woolen cloth..