A film based on the Plum Island Animal Disease Center( PIADC ) in Long Island, New York which is dedicated to study of foreign animal diseases. Removal of animal virus in a laboratory shows personnel in special rubber clothing inside an animal isolation unit. The rubber is disinfected with lie solution. Caustic solution in rinsed off in a shower. Clothing is cleaned using a brush. A man cleans the room with the lie solution. Sewage passed through welded lines to sewage decontamination building. Three holding tanks receive sewage. Sewage is heated to sterilizing temperature and discharged outside the laboratory. An officer inside research buildings looks at a light blinking on a central trouble panel. A technician takes a look at the diagram of the layout of the building and instructs over a telephone. A technician approaches an overheated motor. He inspects equipment of air control system of the laboratory. Technicians work on machines in a machine shop. A patient being treated in a first aid room. Service area for cleaning and sterilization of glassware and a laundry in the research building. A man cleans his nasal and throat passages, scrubs his hands and takes a shower. Employees board a bus. A guard looks through binoculars.
Immigrants land at Ellis Island, New York on 24 July, 1903. William Myers double-deck ferry excursion ship loaded with immigrants arrives at the Ellis Island dock. Crewmen open the gangplank and immigrants walk down gangplank and up on to wharf with their luggage.
Bombardment of Tinian, Mariana Islands by the U.S. Navy during the Battle of Tinian in World War II. A 14 inch gun, aboard the battleship USS New Mexico, BB-40, is fired. Smoke from the firing in the foreground. The destroyer USS Braine, DD-630, transferring wounded to the USS New Mexico, after being hit by a shore battery, killing three and wounding fifteen. A litter with blankets and sheets is sent to the destroyer by a high line. Wounded are transferred on litters from the destroyer to the battleship.
Allied Forces in North Africa during Christmas, 1942, during World War 2. Map of Tunisia. Ancient Roman ruins, including the Amphitheater of El Jem. A native plows a field. Children ride mules. Christian Cathedrals in various places. Interiors of a cathedral. At various places Allied soldiers hold Christmas Services outdoors. Camel Corps troops astride their camels. A Christmas service in front of a Curtiss P-40 aircraft displaying an American flag on its right wing and a Christian flag on its left. Scenes of children celebrating Christmas in different parts of the world, including boys throwing snowballs at each other outside a school building in the United States (Lettering above doorway of school reads "Durham Public School", possibly in Durham, NC. Graves of dead soldiers. Religious services held for the allied soldiers. British General Montgomery attends a religious service. Bells ring in churches across the world Sign reads 'A Happy Christmas'. Soldiers carry sacks. Letters brought for soldiers on a jeep. Soldiers run to get their letters. A soldier reads his letter. A soldier wakes up to find a filled stocking hung on his tent. Another soldier opens a parcel. 'Pine Grove USA' and 'Birney Cave Mincoka' written on two signs. Soldiers open parcels. Empty boxes, cups and bottles on a table. Preparation for the Christmas feast. Feathers are plucked from a turkey. Many bottles of rum in a row. Chickens are removed from an airplane. Soldiers in a chow line. A pudding on a plate is put on the table. A bowl of oranges on a table with some WAC (Womens Army Corps) service members. A sign in the background reads 'A Merry Xmas' Soldiers feed their pets. A puppy is fed. A donkey and a pig are fed. A pet monkey grooms a soldier's head. Candy is thrown to the native children. The Red Cross dispenses milk given by soldiers to native children. Soldiers go sightseeing in Egypt and observe an Egyptian magician. The Great Sphinx of Giza with the Pyramid of Khafre in the background as Allied soldiers fall off a camel they are trying to ride. Native people of Morocco in a city market area. Women pass in veils. British Soldiers play Cricket. American soldiers play baseball. A soldier plays a guitar. Another soldier views a magazine with a young woman centerfold picture. Soldiers polish uniform brass and shine shoes to prepare for assembly. Others take baths in tubs outdoors. With all troops assembled, President Roosevelt visits, riding in a jeep (while in the area for the Casablanca Conference). He is accompanied by Lieutenant General Mark Clark and General George Patton, riding in the back of the jeep. Later the President is seen sitting sideways in the jeep, holding his hat over his heart as he passes troops lined along the roadside. Secret Service agents ride behind carrying machine guns. The generals in his jeep salute as they pass the colors. Next, British Prime Minister Churchill is seen greeted by an honor guard of four British soldiers during his time in Casablanca for the Casablanca Conference. He is seen beside a gate labeled "Villa #3" which was the Villa “Mirador in the complex of Villas beside the Anfa Hotel.
American troops returning home from Europe after conclusion of World War 1. Coast Guard cutters removing wounded U.S. soldiers from the troop carrier "Northern Pacific," which is aground at Fire Island, New York. Man gives flag signals. Men load goods on a boat to carry it to the ship. People disembark from a boat. View of various other ships in sea. Men camp on the coast with the ship in background. Officials taking a drink and reading a newspaper.
Steeplechase Park stages its annual bathing Beauty contest for grandmothers at Coney Island in New York. Grandmothers in swimsuits participate in the contests. Judges mark the contestants. Mrs. Theresa Caffrey, aged 81, wins the contest.
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