Views of life during the Dust Bowl. People removing dust and sand from their houses. Farmers shovel sand from around their homes and farm buildings. Livestock have nothing to graze. Crowd gathered as desperate farmers auction off their livestock.
Two Sergeants of the U.S. Air Force 1st Commando Group, demonstrate the firepower of the AR-15 rifle, at the firing range of Hulburt Field in Okaloosa County, Florida. The Sergeants approach the firing line, load A-15 rifles and assume prone firing position from which they demonstrate single-shot operation of the A-15, firing at unconventional targets, including containers of water, boxes, concrete blocks, etc. They then repeat the demonstration from standing position, firing from the hip, employing short bursts of automatic fire.
'Pattern for the Nation' depicts mental disability in children. Paul W. Morenzi, President of Travelers Broadcasting Service Corporation speaks about television documentary programs concerning mental disability and describes the progress being made in the State of Connecticut.. Mentally disabled persons are shown performing in an orchestra. Various mentally disabled people and children celebrate. A mentally disabled boy. Mentally disabled children in a classroom. A woman discusses the challenges of having a mentally disabled child. President Kennedy is heard speaking about the problem of mental disabilities. Connecticut's Deputy Health Commissioner, Bert Schmikel, who is in charge of the State's program speaks. A nurse with a toddler. A training institute for teaching mentally disabled children.
Volunteers provide education to the mentally disabled children in Connecticut, United States. A map hung on a wall. Narrator mentions that in 1959 the Connecticut Legislature created the "State Office of Mental Retardation." Mr. Bert Schmikel, Head of that office, points at the map and expresses his views about education for the mentally disabled children. Several children around a table. A woman helps them. A child tries to wear shoes. Another child wears a cap. A man helps as some mentally disabled children get off a car. A bespectacled boy with the American Flag. A mentally disabled girl and an African American boy. Two ladders placed horizontally on a table. The ladders are placed side by side in such a way that the rungs of the two ladders do not correspond to each other. A girl walks by placing her feet between the rungs of the ladders. A woman teaches needlework to a boy. A disabled girl fiddles with the zip of the hood of a boy's coat. A man stands nearby.
Training for mentally disabled. A mildly mentally disabled boy is trained to use a high powered saw. His instructor observes from the other side of the table and handles the saw. The mentally disabled boy appreciates the patience of his supervisor. Several mentally disabled girls eat food in the dining room of a hostel, in Hartford, Connecticut, run by the Mansfield Training School. A girl enters a room and sits on a bed. Two other girls enter behind her and sit. The girl does her hair in front of a mirror. The two other girls read magazines. A group of girls in a room. The Director, "Office of Mental Retardation", Mr Schmikel speaks. A mentally disabled boy.
Governor of Connecticut speaks at Mansfield Training School. Many ladies and gentleman sit on chairs behind him. A group of blind, mentally disabled children sings. Several people enter a building. 'The Longley School 1951' written on the wall of the building.
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