Farm life in Kentucky, USA. A farmer inspects a Scythe and Cradle in his hands at a field in Kentucky, United States. The farmer cuts grass with the scythe and cradle. Other farmers make bunch of grass. Farmers have others tools in their hands like scythes and forks in their hands. A farm house in the background.
Injured and disabled World War 1 U.S. Army soldiers are seen in a "curative workshop" at Fort Sheridan, in Lake County, Illinois, soon after the end of World War 1. Patients perform occupational therapy tasks which require the use of injured limbs. Patients are seen in a wood working shop, caning chairs, weaving baskets, and taking a course in commercial art. Patients work on paintings while lying in bed.
Injured and recovering U.S. Army soldiers practice and relearn fine motor skills as part of occupational therapy at hospital facilities of Fort Sheridan, in Lake County, Illinois. Patient writes at blackboard with chalk, relearning writing skills. Patients work at tables on various detailed and fine motor skills, as nurses assist. A soldier works with a soldering iron. Patients at telegraph machines and typewriters regain skills. Nurse instructor moves from one to another helping the soldiers with typing skills.
Richard Hunt's sculptures in Chicago, Illinois. Richard outside with his daughter on a winter day in Chicago near lake shore. Chicago skyscrapers in the background through fog. He takes his daughter on back. He talks with his daughter in an arboretum or indoor greenhouse garden, examining the forms of plants and commenting on how they influence his art works. Richard with another artist examining one of Hunt's sculptures in progress. They talk to each other. Richard preparing a sculpture with a mold over it for kiln firing. He weighs stones in a large beam balance, puts stones on a small trolley and moves it. They make it hot and pour liquid into molding vessel. They knock away the mold and examine the sculpture to see if it was cast as he intended.
Film opens with hazy aerial views of Chicago Illinois. Scene shifts to views from vehicle driving on Chicago highway. A road sign reads "Des Plaines River Rd exits 1/2 mile ahead." A Boeing 727 commercial airliner is seen overhead with wheels down as it descends to land. Some 1960s cars drive past. 1961 Ford C-Series truck driving. View back, of the airliner descending above the highway, and of truck and cars passing the camera vehicle. Overhead highway road sign reads "Chicago Downtown 15 Miles." View of the Chicago skyline of buildings on Lake Michigan waterfront. View from slow moving aircraft of the Wrigley Building; the Michigan Avenue Bridge across the Chicago River; and the Tribune Tower. Camera continues to pan to East and then at the Kemper Building with "United Insurance" written near its top. Camera then swirls downward to river and bridges directly below and then back up from street and down again, ending on avenue near building displaying two American flags.
A World War II film titled 'Jalopies Parading to Victory' a parade intended to stimulate people to donate dilapidated automobiles for scrap in Decatur, Illinois. Automobile traffic on a street. Office buildings in the city. View of pier extending over Lake Decatur. Exteriors of the Millikin University. A industrial area of the city. Old cars at the backyard of houses. Mary Livingstone disembarks from a car. She is greeted by the women. War production officials stand and talk. Cars in the parade. Modern firefighting vehicles being driven at the parade. Soldiers march. Officials seated. Fire fighting department spray water on a car. School girls march at the parade. Decorated cars at the parade. Horse drawn carriage at the parade. American university students and men from the bomber division march. A band plays. Children ride bicycles and march at the parade.
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