Doctors operate on a cancer patient at the New England Deaconess Hospital, in Boston. Cancerous tissue excised from patient's body during surgery is saved to test behavior of the cells when exposed to radiation. The tissues are cultivated and then.examined under microscopes fitted with a movie camera. Cells divide. Radioactive material in a pack with warning, 'Hazard' written on it. A doctor exposes cancerous tissue to the radioactive material. Cancer cells die after exposure. Exterior view of the White Plains Hospital building in White Plains New York. A child runs to a woman in front of the hospital building. She picks up the child and both smile.
U.S. Army 817th Army engineers build airfield within 24 hours near Salerno, Italy, in World War II. Members of the U.S. Army 817th Engineers Battalion are seen employing construction equipment to create a new emergency airfield near Salerno, Italy, during World War 2. A bulldozer uproots trees separating a tomato patch from a wheat field so both can be combined to create a larger space for an emergency airfield. A road grader passes a soldier seated in a piece of parked construction equipment, as it levels the ground. The operator in the parked equipment takes a drink from his canteen. Next, soldiers are seen wielding picks, and other hand tools to untangle clumps of earth and roots. Camera shows them next, working at the edge of the large cleared earthen airfield. They pause to wave to a P-38 lightning aircraft that has just landed at the new field. The P-38 passes on its landing roll, raising a cloud of dust. (Note: Moments after the end of the clip, this, first to land, P-38 had a fatal collision with a water truck, concealed in dust at the side of the runway.
Large crowds out on roads in warm weather, waving Japanese flags to celebrate creation of Manchukuo, a new independent (Japanese puppet) State renamed from Manchuria. Japanese officers on horseback move through the crowded street between rows of local people celebrating the new Government. .People move in procession waving Japanese flags. Japanese soldiers wave from buses moving on the street. Scene of the entire town filled with celebrating people.
Several men stroll along a path in the park, on a warm day, in Harbin china. A pavilion is seen, decorated with small flags of many nations, including, among others: Japan; Turkey; the United states; Egypt; Greece; and Great Britain. (Although the United States and most other nations did not ever formally recognize the independent State of Manchukuo, the U.S. and others maintained consulates in Harbin and had a number of their citizens residing there.) Attendees walk to seats in an open theater in the park. It contains seats and benches. A formation of Japanese bi-wing bombers flies overhead. Tables for Manchukuo officials and special guests are on a raised platform. The backdrop is decorated with two crossed flags of the new Manchukuo, flanking a picture of its new leader, Manchurian former emperor of China, Aisin-Gioro Pu-Yi, also known as "Henry Pu-Yi" (or Puyi). The event proceeds with speeches and applause from the attendees. Two large Manchukuo flags are stretched out from the gateway of the park. A tram (street car) passes along tracks and powered by overhead electric wires. The tram is decorated with numerous small flags. Local people are seen going about their routine business on the streets. The flag of Manchuckuo flying on a flag pole.
Documentary film for CARE titled 'To Help Themselves'. CARE news 'Report on Conditions' from Chief of mission in India to CARE New York office. Indian woman who is also a midwife sticks cow dung cakes on wall of a hut in a village. Young Indian girl calls on the woman to check another woman in labor. Indian midwife helps mother to deliver a baby. Mother of the baby dies and Indian midwife woman covers her up with a blanket. Farmer in Greece plows field using donkeys. Greek woman holds a shovel.1950.
The Communs of the New Palace (Neues Palais Am Neuen Palais, 14469 Potsdam, Germany) in Potsdam, Germany. View of the colonnade connecting the two communs (now housing the University of Potsdam). Statuary obelisks at entrance in front of the communs. Dome of the New Palace from the west side. Other building of Communs. Statues and figures seen on pillars.
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