Medical facilities related to medicine and surgery being provided by the Veterans Administration in the United States. A graph depicts the increase in number of patients suffering from medicine and surgical diseases up to 269% from 1942 to 1950. Two war veterans at a hospital as they recover after an ailment. A surgery being performed. A pathological conference being conducted. Specialists give on the spot directions as they look after the patients. Doctors examine patients as they take X rays. A doctor looks after veterans suffering from various diseases. Patients at a hospital suffering from tuberculosis. Patients in wheel chairs. Women lying down in a garden. A doctor takes a patient's X ray. He looks at the X ray film.
Students of Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. The students interact after gaining experience in co-op jobs. This improve the relationship of students. The students read near a fireplace in a room. The students work at a farm as they work to produce food. A joint student- teacher meeting about the role of college during World War II. The students get trained in citizenship and future leadership. Various student activist committees. Signs reads ' Public Relations' , ' Community participation' , 'Girl liberties committee' . The students look at pictures put up on a board. A girl at a typewriter. The students work in a laboratory.
Aftermath of an accident on July 20, 1944, when two U.S. Army Air Forces P-51C Mustang fighter planes,flying low in close formation, struck a palm tree and collided over the 2800 and 2900 blocks of Post Street, in between Willow Branch and Cherry Streets. The crash caused a three-alarm fire involving twelve houses, three apartments, and three garage apartments. Both pilots, one a Lee High School Graduate, died in the crash. The only other fatality was a person killed by an airplane engine that crashed into his residence. (Reportedly, the aircraft were buzzing the home where parents of one of the pilots lived, in the 2700 block of Post Street.) Firefighters extinguishing the fire. Smoking houses. Debris lying in the area. People gathered around the houses. A damaged house. A wrecked car. (World War II period).
A training of U.S. OSS ( Office of the Strategic Services) personnel for underwater demolition at Salt Key in Nassau, Bahama Island during World War II. OSS personnel lined up on the beach as they stand at attention. The personnel get down on the beach. They don swimming gear and put on oxygen masks. Oxygen valves being opened and flow being controlled. The personnel on a boat and they get into the water. The personnel on the beach as they learn to handle different types of demolitions. Men carry a pole and move into the sea. The personnel seated on the beach take lessons. They shoot pistols at targets. They get trained in operating a radio to call mother ship in case of an emergency. The personnel carrying receiver sets as they learn to operate them. A personnel works on a radio set.
A training of U.S. OSS ( Office of the Strategic Services) personnel for underwater demolition at Salt Key in Nassau, Bahama Island during World War II. OSS personnel of the underwater operations seated under trees as they eat sandwiches for lunch. Men work on their boats. Two men row boats. A man looks at a compass. Personnel learn about navigation at a beach. Men at the beach as they take lessons in infiltration. The Governor of Bahamas visits the island. OSS personnel lined as the Governor meets them. The men skin dive for recreation. Two personnel come ashore. A man on a floating platform with mascot dog Henry. The men swim and float on wooden platforms during their free time. The personnel practice shooting, navigation, handling boats and radio operations.
A training of U.S. OSS ( Office of the Strategic Services) personnel for underwater demolition at Salt Key in Nassau, Bahama Island during World War II. OSS personnel of the Lamberston Underwater Diving Unit as they are being briefed about night problems. Men row a boat to point A and attach swim fins and bay units. They get underwater and swim. They keep a check on a compass to ensure the correctness of the course. The personnel get onto the boat and head for the beach.
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