Film 'The Fight for Life' dramatizes experience of a physician in obstetric practice at a Chicago hospital. View of engraved stone reading: City Hospital, 1932, over archway, at entrance to a Chicago hospital. Medical staff walk in hallway. A nurse enters maternity center where doctors stand beside a woman in labor on a table.The principal doctor monitors the fetus heartbeat. The mother becomes stressed and the anesthesiolgist helps her. Physician places newborn infant on cart and nurse rolls it away. View of baby. Nurse and doctors attending the mother express alarm over her blood pressure.They administer oxygen and several doses of medicine by hypodermic. But the patient dies. One of the attending physicians (Dr. O'Donnell) is clearly moved by the event, and seems deep in thought as he leaves the hospital, not even noticing the receptionist who bids him good evening as he passes her.
Following the death of a mother during childbirth, one of the attending physicians (Dr. O'Donnell) walks along rainy Chicago streets at night mulling over the event. He walks past numerous decorated shop windows highlighting the good life, and thinks aloud about the details of the event. Traffic moves along the streets as life goes on in the city. Dr. O'Connell wonders whether the mother's life could have been saved. He speculates about the event comprising an exchange of the mother's life for that of her child. He discusses the matter philosophically with a senior colleague, who encourages him to take up obstetrics and to practice in the slums of Chicago, where there are great needs for such services.
President Franklin Roosevelt's mother, Sara Delano Roosevelt, is seen standing with her grandaughter, Anna Roosevelt Dall Boettiger, who holds the hand of her daughter, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Dall. The President's son, Elliot Roosevelt and his wife, Ruth Josephine Googins Roosevelt, stand with them. Next, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, holding a bouquet of flowers, are seen in an open car. Scene shifts to the White House porch, where a protected Presidential reviewing stand has been set up, along with chairs. View of President Roosevelt, in a top hat, receiving congratulations from officials. Admiral William Leahy, Chief of Naval Operations, and another admiral (possibly recently retired CNO, William Harrison Standley) are seen in full dress uniforms. The President's son, Elliot Roosevelt is also present, to assist FDR when necessary. Some mounted U.S. Army cavalry ride past the reviewing stand, saluting with swords. An automobile is seen driving along the wet street, accompanied by a formation of motorcycle police officers. President Roosevelt holding onto a built-in railing, reviews various elements and units in the inaugural parade, including several military marching bands. Army Chief of Staff, General Malin Craig, rides past on horseback, and renders a sabre salute to the President. He is followed by a contingent of U.S. Army mounted cavalry. One of the marching bands is seen from another camera location. An open top 1935 Duesenberg SJ Dual-Cowl Phaeton, with exposed exhaust tubes, is seen, displaying a small banner on its door, reading "Pennsylvania." Numerous closed sedans, carrying notables, drive along the wet street, past the President, who waves his hat and smiles at some. Vice President, John Nance Garner IV, shares the reviewing stand with FDR.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Second Inauguration ceremony on a cold rainy day in Washington DC. Vehicles drive past on Pennsylvania Avenue. Troops with rifles; West Point Cadets; mounted cavalry and horse drawn artillery units parade. Several bands play, President Franklin Roosevelt is assisted by his son as he stands to review the parade. As a result of the bad weather not many spectators watch the activities.
Doctor writes and draws on the blackboard while patient sits on chair at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit. Doctor speaks to the patient at the desk. X-Ray demonstrates marked calcification of blood vessels. Pediatric X-ray of foot and leg. Pencil points to calcified blood vessels. Treatment of Arterial Insufficiency by alternate Suction and Pressure Apparatus.
1930s graph on danger and health effects of smoking cigarettes. Graph shows decrease in circulation of a tobacco sensitive individual by smoking one cigarette. It shows the temperature after smoking and inhaling one cigarette by tobacco sensitive individual.
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