View of the John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland (The Johns Hopkins Hospital, N Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States). Doctor Michael Kaback, developer of the screening test for Tay-Sachs disease, talks to a couple during a prenatal chromosome consultation. The woman states, "we would like to terminate the fetus if it is a Tay-Sachs fetus." Doctor Kaback notes, "there would be no point in putting you or the fetus through whatever risk there may be associated with this procedure if in fact no action would be taken based upon the results of the test." Doctor uses ultrasound probe before treating the abdomen with antiseptic. Doctor treats abdomen with antiseptic to prepare for amniocentesis. Doctor inserts needle through patient’s abdomen during amniocentesis. Illustration of a needle inserted into a pregnant uterus. Doctor extracts amniotic fluid from the abdomen. Doctor adds extracted amniotic fluid into vial. Medical technician employs various machines on extracted amniotic fluid sample from amniocentesis, including a Sonifier cell disruptor. Medical technician places sample into a Turner Fluorometer. Dr. Michael Kaback on telephone call with couple, saying, "things look great...." Two sisters consult with Dr. Richard H. Heller regarding obtaining amniocentesis tests for Down Syndrome at the John Hopkins Medical Institution Pre-Natal Diagnostic Clinic. Dr. Heller notes to them that although they are healthy themselves, they can "transmit the illness of Mongolism to your children." View of cells under microscope. Scientist looks under microscope. Scientist adds a drop of red fluid on microscope slide. Scientist photographs chromosomes under microscope. POV view of chromosomes through microscope. Scientist arranges a karyotype by cutting out images from paper and arranging them. View of a normal karyotype. View of a karyotype with extra chromosome indicating Down Syndrome. A couple listens to doctor Heller giving good news of normal test result during consultation. Woman smiles after receiving news that her baby boy shows normal chromosomes.
Flight deck activities aboard a United States aircraft carrier underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Gun gallery as damaged TBM Avenger aircraft is jettisoned over the side. U.S. Navy F6F aircraft lined up on the flight deck of the ship. Men push a F6F aircraft backwards on the deck. An aircraft carrier underway at sea as explosions occur at sea and water splashes. U.S. Navy F4U aircraft taxis along the flight deck of the aircraft carrier. Aircraft in flight. F6F hellcat jettisoned over the side of the carrier and being dropped in the sea. Crew on deck look on and watch the plane fall into the ocean. F6Fs warm up and taxi along the deck with plane handlers in the foreground. F6Fs take off from the deck.
Carrier Task Force demonstration in the Pacific Ocean. U.S. Navy F9F-7s Cougar on the deck of the USS Shangri-La (Aircraft Carrier) as one of the aircraft is catapulted. U.S. Navy North American AJ Savage being catapulted from the port side. F9F-7 (Cougar) makes an arrested landing. Cougars flies overhead. F9F-7 lands aboard the ship. President of the Philippines, Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay and others of his party, on the bridge as they look at the demonstration. Formation of U.S. Navy Douglas ADs (Skyraider) in flight. U.S. Navy F2H-3 (Banshee) being refueled by an AJ-1 as they fly overhead. Pilots man F9F-7s (Cougar) on the deck of the carrier.
United States Navy TBF Avenger aircraft in formation over Quadalcanal during World War 2. Ground crew works on U.S. F4U Corsairs. Pilots converse 'Nylorac' written on an F4F Wildcat plane number 17. F4U Corsair taxis and in flight. F4F Wildcat stand in line on field, one plane is named 'Susan'. A pilot gets out of a F4F plane. A gas truck passes. TBF Avenger aircraft in large formations overhead.
Carrier activity aboard USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47) in United States. U.S. Navy aircraft F4U Corsair taxied to forward end of flight deck. Other aircraft on fantail. F4U Corsair taxis up flight deck. U.S. Navy aircraft F9F-5 Panther makes arrested landing on the flight deck. F9F-5 Panther takes off. Ground crew on the flight deck. Plane hits first barrier. F9F-5 Panther lands on the flight deck.
Credits for the documentary titled 'Creative Hands' about mountain handicrafts in North Carolina. Background info about earlier handicrafts as an important part of civilization. Hands of a woman working on a wooden hand loom. An artisan sculpting a swan in clay. A person working clay on a potter's wheel. Scene change to New York City and busy areas of Manhattan, with pedestrians outside the Rockefeller Center in New York watching ice skaters. Women do window shopping. Crowd of people in a line outside a broadcast studio entrance in the RCA building. Marquee on the building advertises "Invasion Preview" and "Robert Benchley". Scene change again to farming areas in the mountains of southwest North Carolina. Animated map of United States. Wide views of farmland and a house in Brasstown North Carolina. Men cut a tree for lumber using a two man saw. Teacher at John C Campbell Folk School in Brasstown helps farmer to develop creative ideas using local materials. A sign reads "John C Campbell Folk School Handcrafts." Farmers walk with their materials and are seen seated at a table of the school showing some of their handicrafts. They are taught creative ideas by the teacher.
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