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.
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.
President Dwight D Eisenhower signs Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) documents in the White House, Washington DC. as Secretary of State John Foster Dulles looks on. John Foster Dulles also signs the documents. Photographers take pictures. View of the signed document.
John L. Lewis, head of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) and other labor leaders arrive at a U.S. Air Base aboard a U.S. Air Force C-118 (4-engine transport aircraft) number 53-3229, which is assigned to the Chairman of the Joint Chief's of Staff. They are greeted by an Army Major General., After posing for photographs, they board automobiles and visit a glass factory where workers are seen blowing glass. John L Lewis talks with the workers. Among the cars seen is a 1951 Cadillac
NASA Project Mercury astronaut John Glenn undergoes a centrifuge test at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Technicians strap astronaut into centrifuge chamber. The Centrifuge rotates on axis in a circular motion. Doctors examine John Glenn after the test.
Colonel John Powers and Mercury project personnel hold press conference at Cocoa Beach, Florida regarding the Mercury-Atlas 7 orbital mission. Colonel John Powers speaks at the press conference. One person wipes his face with his handkerchief One person smokes. One of them opens a box and shows it to conference. The room appears to be uncomfortably hot. Attendees wipe their faces. They talk to each other. Other persons speak.
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