A U.S. Navy training film titled 'Early care of plastic surgery cases: wounds of hands' about the treatment of hand injuries of American soldiers during World War II. Hands of a conductor as he conducts an orchestra. Hands of various men as they work on machines, typewriter, reads braille, load shells in an artillery. Animation depicts the different parts of a human hand. Blood vessels in the hand.
Animation depicts various means of detecting sneak attack craft and protecting harbors. It illustrates ways of detecting a sneak torpedo through means like multi terrain loop and short pulse herald. A man in a control room speaks on a phone. A human torpedo underwater. A torpedo dives under the water. Detection device used to detect the presence of torpedoes in water. A technician works on the control panel of the detection device. A graph being printed. Short pulse herald technique being used to to detect torpedoes underwater. A radar detects the presence of torpedoes in sea. A torpedo underway on the surface and underwater. Effectiveness of torpedo nets. (World War II period).
As film begins, attendants riding atop elephants are seen from the rear as they parade along a the street of an American town. Front view of a circus wagon pulled by a team of horses and followed by numerous camels tethered behind it. A circus hand escorts a zebra and two other animals. Behind them are two automobiles. Next, local people are seen lined up to enter the fairgrounds where the circus tents are set up.
The first scene of the film shows a circus hand washing a dog outdoors in a metal wash tub. local people watch him. The next scene shows a worker hanging wash on lines set behind the circus tents where they are camping.
Opening scene shows Independence Day parade led by a brass band followed by a number of World War I veterans in their uniforms, and a troop of Boy Scouts. A streetcar number 7768 passes between the parade and the camera. A truck rigged up as a float carries several young people. It is followed by a tractor pulling a pavilion float carrying three young women. Signage on the float indicates it represents the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF). IOOF slogans seen on side of float include "Visit the sick. Heal the Sick. Bury the dead. Educate the Orphan." Dates "1819 to 1919" are seen, marking the fraternity's centennial (100th) year. Banner atop float is difficult to read but appears to list lodge numbers 38 and 337 and "Rebekah" and "WA". (Location possibly Spokane Washington?) Other decorated vehicles follow. One is a tractor driven by a woman, who is followed by two soldiers in uniform driving a roadster without a rear body. A man and woman dressed as George and Martha Washington walk along the parade route. They are followed by several cars.
A film about achievements and role of African American soldiers during World War II. A map of the Atlantic Ocean. Nazi German and Japanese flags. Allied soldiers liberate cities in Europe and civilians welcome them. African American Army soldiers walk up troop ship gang plank onto a troop carrier ship for transport to the war front. An Allied invasion convoy underway in the Atlantic Ocean. Equipment and food supplies being carried to troops. Supplies being unloaded at a beach in the European Theater. Airstrips, roads and bridges being constructed. Trees being cleared at the Alcan Highway. African American soldiers in combat fire rifles and fire artillery at enemy positions. A Japanese enemy airplane in flight as an African American soldier fires an anti aircraft gun at the aircraft. Explosions occur at a battlefield.
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