Wartime activities of women in United States during World War II, narrated by Hollywood actress Katharine Hepburn. A statue of a historic “Pioneer” American woman. American women work to save and help the nation. Women work at a laboratory as scientists. A woman looks under a microscope. Test tubes and other equipment on tables. Women handling chemicals in various flasks without protective gear. They work for the National Defense Program. A woman works near a machine that tests rubber or cloth for parachutes. Woman conducts abrasion test on clothing using a Wyzenbeek machine. She feeds guinea pigs and records their weights. Another woman works in the field of science. A woman gives a lecture on nutrition. A nutrition chart on wall. Other women attend the lecture. Women design working clothes for women. A woman wears a factory jumpsuit uniform.
Display of animals at YMCA show. View of boys and girls posing with animals like dogs, cats, guinea pigs, rabbits, etc. Some animals are caged whereas some are not.
U.S. pilots board Stinson L-5 Sentinel airplane of the 25th Liaison Squadron "Guinea Short Lines" (serial 42-99261) parked on shore at Palawan, Philippines, during World War 2. The L-5 taxis along shoreline and takes off. L-5 in flight over sea.
Director of Peace Corps Robert Sargent Shriver in Washington DC. Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr. is interviewed as he prepares to leave his office. Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. shows slogans on a board. The slogans are 'Nice guys don't win ball games' and 'There is no place on the club for good losers'. He talks about the beginning of the United States Peace Corps (USPC) and its objectives. He talks about a musical instrument. He shows another musical instrument with an autograph of the President of Guinea, Africa. He shows a glass replica of a Buddhist temple (WAT) from the University of Bangkok and a honorary degree, Doctor of Political Science. Excerpt from a speech by the Foreign Minister of Thailand in his tribute to the USPC. He talks about his experiences as the Director of Peace Corps and works of the USPC.
A U.S. Navy training film about the prevention and cure of plague in North Africa. Animation shows the nature of rat population that leads to spread of plague. It depicts the tactics to be adopted by the plague control team. A man uses kerosene to kill fleas and catches a rat. Rats caught, are brought to plague control laboratory. Captured rats are chloroformed. Fleas being removed from rats. Fleas being counted and identified. They are placed on slides and a technician looks at the fleas through microscope. Rats being mounted on a table and dissected and being searched for pasteurella pestis. Man looks into a microscope at pasteurella pestis. A guinea pig being inoculated with it and observed for next few days for symptoms of plague. A dead pig being dissected and it shows signs of plague.
Aerial views of the bombing of Kahili Airdrome on Bougainville Island. U.S. B-24 Liberator bombers in flight at a high altitude over the airdrome, dropping bombs. (World War II period).
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