Work on the 'Big Inch' pipe line in the United States. Engineers work and lay the oil pipeline. Engineers on small boats in the river. Vehicles pass along the sides of the river. Engineers plant dynamite in the river to make way for laying the pipeline. Explosion in the river. Splashes in water.
World's largest synthetic rubber plant in the United States. Men stand near a railway track. Men stand on a huge rubber tank. Exterior of the rubber factory. Workers stand in a line outside the factory. Interior of the factory and the production process of the synthetic rubber. Men examine sample of rubber produced.
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek reviews United States Women Army in the U.S. She is the first lady of China. She reviews the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), SPARS (United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve) and women marines. They salute the dignitary and march in front of her. An officer near the dignitary discusses with her.
Argentine President Ramon Castillo is overthrown by revolution in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Argentine Army revolts against the President. Army takes over the Casa de Gobierno/Casa Rosada (Balcarce 78, C1064 Cdad. Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina). Men revolt in large number. Soldiers try to control them. Artillery on the street. Wreckage in a house. Vehicles move on street. Men destroy the vehicles. Bombarding and firing on the street. Smoke arises. Army leaders watch the activities of the men from the balcony of a building. Flag on the building. (World War II period).
Start of film shows a French sailor looking through binoculars at sunset. Next scene shows a ship's officer and sailor employ a fire control range finder for anti aircraft use. Next, emergency responders, in Khaki uniforms and steel combat helmets, rush aboard the docked ship, from a bunker nearby. Some take up positions at a naval gun, that they maneuver, pointing its barrel landward. The responders are seen leaving a bunker displaying a sign reading: "Savoie" above its door. Scene changes to a sailor aboard the ship loading a very pistol. A sailor fires a round from a belt fed heavy anti aircraft machine gun. A white, red, blue, and yellow flag is displayed at his position. He hands a slender gun barrel to another sailor. A responder in Khaki sits on deck, disassembling a weapon.
Clip opens with on screen text giving information on administration of electric shock therapy, and on the patient about to be shown. Scene shows a young schizophrenic United States Marine Corps private, sitting in a wheel chair at the St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington DC. The 19 year old man was brought to the hospital after a experiencing a mental breakdown on his way to military basic training (during World War 2). A doctor (psychiatrist) examines him. The patient gives no response to the doctor's questions and has no reaction to pin pricks. The doctor's assistants transfer the patient to a gatch bed. The bed is lifted to produce a moderate hyper extension in the patient's spine. The doctor spreads electro-jelly on both sides of the mental patient's forehead and applies electrodes. The electro-shock apparatus is connected to a 110 Volt AC outlet. Electro-shock (shock therapy) is administered to the patient in a 0.3-0.5 second's time interval. Mouth gag is placed in the patient's mouth during shock administration.
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