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.
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.
New Gun carrier meets army test. Gun carrier tanks on field test fire in United States. Tank descends from hillside. (World War II period).
Penicillin drug saves Allied forces lives. Women fill bottles with liquid penicillin. These bottles are sterilized in large ovens. The molds are incubated in bottles. The liquid is poured from the bottles and then powdered. Bottles filled with powdered Penicillin. (World War II period).
Human astronaut test subject undergoes Mercury suit evaluations in United States. Human subject wears a Clark suit seated inside an altitude chamber to test the visibility and acoustical effects of the suit for NASA Project Mercury.
Human subject undergoes Mercury suit evaluations in United States for NASA Project Mercury. Rod placed next to the human subject who presses it.
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