View from a high point, possibly a building, of sailors in training at Great Lakes Naval Station, near North Chicago, in Lake County, Illinois, in World War 1. They march from closed three column abreast formation into a spread formation for calisthenics. They follow a leader in performing exercises. Closeup of the exercise leader in action on a platform. About 20 sailors running a race, as others watch from sidelines. Teams of sailors playing a type of race passing a basketball under their legs. Large group of sailors boxing in pairs. Two sailors in a boxing match, encircled by other sailors, and refereed by a Marine officer in shirtsleeves. Change of location to Key West, Florida. Brief glimpse of U.S. marines in military combat maneuvers at a sandy area. As they move forward, an explosive charge ignites nearby.
Soldiers at Fort Sheridan induction and training camp in Lake County, Illinois. Recruited American soldiers receiving training for World War 1 service are seen at the camp marching in formation. Large formation of U.S. Army soldiers seen lined up at a ceremony. One of them holds the American flag and another holds a Fort Sheridan flag. Dogs run around in the field.
World War 1 soldiers recover and receive therapy at U.S. Army hospital facility of Fort Sheridan, in Lake County, Illinois. Recovering soldiers exercise, and are helped to exercise by therapists and other patients. Patient has limb prosthesis fitted by worker. Patient tries on a prosthetic artificial leg. One-legged patient on crutches, sits on bench. Injured soldier with artificial leg walks using cane.
Opening scene shows injured soldiers in World War 1 being transferred to a field hospital. Next scene, in the United States, shows disabled and injured veterans of World War 1, and recovering soldier veterans, as they exit railroad hospital trains at a train station, and are met by medical staff of Fort Sheridan, in Lake County, Illinois. Women offer the soldiers donuts from baskets. Veterans get into waiting ambulances. Civil war cannon in a snowy field, and view of Fort Sheridan grounds, including the Fort Sheridan water tower and barracks complex. Disabled veterans get out of ambulance and enter hospital facility at Lake Sheridan. Nurses caring for injured patients in hospital ward. A patient in a bed draws a picture. Nurses massage patient's hands and arms. Therapists and nurses using various therapy machines for patients, including one that appears to connect wires to a patient's arm.
Injured and disabled World War 1 U.S. Army soldiers are seen in a "curative workshop" at Fort Sheridan, in Lake County, Illinois, soon after the end of World War 1. Patients perform occupational therapy tasks which require the use of injured limbs. Patients are seen in a wood working shop, caning chairs, weaving baskets, and taking a course in commercial art. Patients work on paintings while lying in bed.
Injured and recovering U.S. Army soldiers practice and relearn fine motor skills as part of occupational therapy at hospital facilities of Fort Sheridan, in Lake County, Illinois. Patient writes at blackboard with chalk, relearning writing skills. Patients work at tables on various detailed and fine motor skills, as nurses assist. A soldier works with a soldering iron. Patients at telegraph machines and typewriters regain skills. Nurse instructor moves from one to another helping the soldiers with typing skills.
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