A woman wearing a nightgown sits on her bed. Another woman gives her a dress to wear. She takes the dress and puts it on her bed. She wears the dress, an looks out a window through venetian blinds. The woman demonstrates a florescent light to another woman. She wears a necklace and bangles. She models several fashions of hosiery and shows texture of hosiery weave. A woman brings tea to her on a bamboo tea cart without wheel, that slides instead of rolling. She sits on a sofa. She lights a lamp.
A woman homemaker works in a kitchen in the 1930s. Housewife wears an apron over her dress and cooks bacon and eggs on a gas range. She also checks on a casserole in the oven. She grates cheese, cores an apple, and cuts bread.
A woman prepares to take a shower. She demonstrates a plastic shower curtain. Bathroom fittings like taps and shower in view. A bathtub in the background. In another scene, the woman wears a dressing gown and enters a bathtub behind a translucent folding screen.
Lakefront view of Chicago skyline. Paved roads and garden in the foreground. Crowds of pedestrians on Chicago street. Cattle being herded in Chicago stock yards. Visitor on bridge looks at Tribune Tower. View from car driving along city street. Cars parked "bumper to bumper" on street, under sign reading: 'No parking at any time'. Store front signs read: 'International Barber College' and 'Premier Laundry'. Nighttime street scenes with neon signs for Jim Saine's Restaurant and for Tradewinds Restaurant and Lounge. Visitor dancing with a woman in a dance club or dance hall. A man tries to "cut in." Traffic on South Michigan Avenue with many vintage 1940s and 1950s cars and automobiles. Visitor interrupts two men talking on the sidewalk, and offends them so they walk away. The Visitor rows a boat, alone, in a lake.
Military training film depicts the causes of indicator jamming on the radio set, SCR-268. A ship underway. Newspaper headlines read about the German battleships which escaped British Army because their radio signals were jammed. Soldiers talk on radio. During Jamming weird pattern start appearing on the monitor screen. Sensitivity knob of the radio. Signs of jamming are seen. Scene changes to a civilian couple in a family living room sitting on a couch beside a console radio. They listen to the radio and talk. The man gets up and adjusts the tuning dial and the volume dial on the radio. The couple switches off radio because of interference in the radio broadcast. An animated diagram explains the jamming. Radio waves bounce back from the target. Target sends radio energy longer then those that bounce back. Jamming takes place. Jamming can be improved by making adjustments. (World War II period).
Film maker Alfred Hitchcock in a meeting of National Press Club. Another man stands near him. Microphones are set in front of him. He answers questions asked to him about his movies, his favorite actor and actresses. He adds humor to his answers and makes the audience laugh. Alfred Hitchcock is given a certificate of appreciation. He talks to other people in the room. Several men seated on chairs which are arranged in order. Alfred Hitchcock looks through a document.
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