A part from the dramatized French documentary titled 'Jour De Piene' (A Tough Day). A train whistles past a railway crossing. The crossing gates open . Factory workers of the town of Isbergues in France leave for work at dawn on their bicycles. A magnetic crane near two tall factory chimney.s Shows industrial plants and workers working inside a metal factory. Hot metal ingots being poured and metal slabs produced. Scenes of several industrial machines. Factory workers gather and converse. Factory owner sees through window. A meeting between factory owners and the worker's union leaders.
A train arrives at railway station in Isebergues,France. Robert, a metal factory worker, shakes hands with fellow workers at the station. A meeting of the factory strikers . Union leaders seated on the dais present their views. Strikers vote on union's strategy. Ballot box is opened and votes are counted. Street scenes of the town in a working class area. Young boy sits on ground beside a wall. A woman draw water from a hand pump. Guards patrol outside a closed factory's gates. Interior view of the closed factory. Factory machines in idle state. Cobwebs settle around machine parts. Women in front of a store look at produce and goods but are reluctant to shop due to high prices and poor economic state. Man on bicycle shows newspaper article to unemployed workers gathered near a closed factory. French army guards look on. The man crumbles up the newspaper notice and throws the crumbled paper on the ground where it blows in the wind. Dark clouds over a factory building and heavy rain downpour thereafter.
Film begins showing traffic and pedestrians in front of the City Hall in Saigon, Vietnam, at a quiet time during the Vietnam War. Camera pans back to reveal a huge botanical display being visited by local people. Young women in colorful áo dài (traditional dress) mingle among the visitors. Growers deliver flowers from a small bus for the display. Closeup of flower blooms as a man delivering more passes behind. A woman in a rickshaw carrying a huge bouquet of flowers. Closeup of two young women visiting the displays. An elderly man places a huge pot of white flowers into the display. closeup of white and orange-colored blooms. A small tree being carried into the display area. Scene shifts to a roundabout with statue of General Tran Nguyen Han in the center. (This was erected by the Republic of Vietnam in 1965.) Traffic moves past the Ben Thanh Market in the background. On the street outside the market building, merchants display their wares under umbrellas outdoors. Closeup of local people shopping in the outdoor stalls. Closeup of two young women shopping. Closeup of fruit displayed by one merchant. Several women and a girl making purchases. Closeup of a woman selecting pears for purchase. Closeup of another woman buying some sweets. Closeup of some cakes.
Highlights evolution in the field of medicine through the ages with some of the world's renowned physicians such as Al Majusi, Al Razi, Ibn Sina, Vesalius, Jenner, Harvey, Pasteur, Koch, Morton, Reed and others. A present day operation theater and a medical laboratory. Meeting at the World Health Organisation headquarters in Geneva,Switzerland.
Scenes of destruction in London, England after German Luftwaffe blitzkrieg bombing attack (Blitz) on the city during World War 2. Night time views of bombed buildings and some being consumed by fire. Camera at ground level viewing dramatic scene upward, as it pans from left to right showing buildings in flames and with flaming pieces and sparks raining down. Views of firemen fighting fires using water hoses. Day time views as air raid wardens and civilians dig through the rubble. Scenes of London residents rescuing their chickens. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visit British citizens in the streets outside of bombed buildings and talk to Londoners. Queen Elizabeth talks to a group of boys gathered in front of her.
Shows a schizophrenic United States Marine Corps (USMC) private, sitting on a chair at the St. Elizabeth Hospital in Washington DC the day after a round of electric shock therapy. He talks to his doctor (psychiatrist). The doctor examines him. The patient moves back and forth in the hospital room normally. Patient poses before the camera.
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