A World War II chemical warfare training film based on U.S. soldiers being treated for exposure to white phosphorous particles during a war. Soldiers run away as a white phosphorous bomb explodes in the United States. The soldiers in a ditch try to remove phosphorous particles from their bodies. Severely wounded soldiers are evacuated. Bandages from a soldier's body are removed at a battalion aid station. Copper sulphate and tannic acid solutions are used on phosphorous burns. The soldiers march.
Fashion models in various attires in the United States. A group of elegantly dressed women having drinks at a restaurant bar. A woman’s legs and pumps. Women display footwear of different styles. Women wearing American crafted leather heels. A woman wears a pumped heel with a rose adornment. Woman removes rose adornment from her shoe, fastens the accessory on her chest. A woman smiles while holding a wine glass. Women enjoying ice cream inside a restaurant. Women wear fashionable bucket hats worn by them.
The 66th Penn Relays at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Don "Tarzan" Bragg in the pole vault, clears the bar at 15 feet. Three top contenders including Ray Norton , Dave Simon and Bobby Morrow run during the 200 meter race. Ray Norton wins the race. In the high jump, John Thomas clears the barrier at seven feet one and a half inches.
Franklin D. Roosevelt begins his election campaign in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He delivers a speech at the convention hall. He addresses the prospect of war (early in World War 2) saying, "We are arming ourselves not for any foreign war. We are arming ourselves not for any purpose of conquest or intervention in foreign disputes. I repeat again that I stand on the Platform of our Party: 'We will not participate in foreign wars and we will not send our army, naval or air forces to fight in foreign lands outside of the Americas except in case of attack.'"
United States naval battleships, cruisers, destroyers, aircrafts and submarines engage in battle maneuvers on the occasion of Navy Day in United States. (World War II period).
Unemployed African American citizens in America during the Great Depression. Close up views of many idle, sad, and dejected African American men and women out of work, in lines, during the depression. A man looks at a bulletin board of an employment agency at 165 W 131st St in New York City. African American men and women stand in a bread line or food relief or unemployment line in United States. They get jobs through Works Progress Administration. African Americans working at factories, in classroom teaching, in offices typing, as an accordion musician, as a painter in a studio, as a bricklayer, and in an industrial kitchen. Views of smiling, happy African American workers, both men and women.
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