Doctors treat polio patients in the United States. A woman exercises on gym equipment as part of physical therapy. A nurse lifts a belt attached to the chin of a woman. A nurse instructs a patient to hold a ring attached to overhead exercise equipment. An elderly woman smiles as she uses stationary pedals for exercise. A doctor examines the wrist of a woman. Doctors performing surgery, removing a kidney from a Rhesus monkey for use in creating polio vaccine. A woman in a Poliomyelitis Laboratory shows a sample on a glass slab. Men place samples on shelves in a storage area. A liquid stirred in a container. A woman collects a sample in a pipette. The vaccine is collected in bottles. Exterior view of medical facility.
A farm being plowed in the United States. Large team of mules pull a plow on a field. Rear of the horses pulling a plow, changing the landscape from grasses to plowed earth ready for planting. A farmer with a shovel near the plow. A dog near the plow. Farmer at a plow pulled by mules. Likely mid western or western United States.
American doughboy soldiers arriving home in the United States at the end of World War I. U.S. soldiers aboard USS Leviathan at dock. People walk on a railway platform holding American and red cross flag. U.S. Army soldiers walk towards a train. Soldiers wave from the train pulling out of the station.
American actress Dorothy Gish in the United States. Dorothy Gish gives autographs to people. Dorothy Gish wearing helmet acts as of shooting a gun. The crowd watches and laughs.
The first televised presidential press conference in the White House in Washington D.C., United States. Newsmen and cameramen gather and film the conference at the permission of the president. President of the United States Dwight David Eisenhower with other officials enter the hall. Newsmen ask questions of the President. President Dwight David Eisenhower answers the newsmen. Newsmen note as the president Dwight David Eisenhower answers them.
U.S. Vice President Nixon is seen at an AMOCO gas station in Washington, DC, where a sign on the gas station reads: "March of Dimes. Nixon inserts hose to refuel a car and checks its oil level. Closeup of two young women in the car who are amused by the goings on. Photographers take pictures. The Vice President wipes the windshield of the car. A sign at the station reads: "Fill 'er up for Polio." A banner reads: "Join the March of Dimes." A little girl sits in a toy car at the station. Nixon walks over, carrying the fuel hose and smiles as he pretends to put gas into her toy car. She turns to look at him and holds up several fingers (possibly to indicate how many gallons she wants.)
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