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Douglas Edwards interviews William Donner on the factors that govern evacuate and shelter during emergency in the United States

Douglas Edwards interviews William Donner in the United States. Douglas Edwards, an American television anchor speaks about shelter and evacuation for nuclear fallout. Fallout shelter sign (for atomic or nuclear attack) in front of a family fallout shelter bunker with beds, furnishings, and supplies. He interviews William Donner from the Office of civil defense and mobilization. William Donner speaks about the situations in which to evacuate and to seek shelter. He speaks about the factors that govern the evacuate or shelter policies during an emergency.

Date: 1959
Duration: 4 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032198
Famous international personalities are shown visiting the U.S. in the 1920s.

A 1959 production featuring footage of personalities visiting the United States circa 1920s. Douglas Edwards, an American television anchor speaks about the people who visited America. The French actress Sarah Bernhardt visits America. She is greeted by the people. In 1914 she is honored by the French government. Madam Ernestine Schumann-Heink, famous contralto, on board ship with friends. Modern interpretive dancer Ruth St. Denis, with a troupe of women dancers. Russian composer, conductor, and pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff, onboard ship. Polish pianist and statesman, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, arriving in America. Famous Irish tenor, John McCormack, arriving in America. Italian tenor, Enrico Caruso, seen with friends, as he visits America. George Bernard Shaw, the Irish playwright visits America. Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, creator of the Sherlock Holmes stands with his family. Maurice Maetterlinck, Belgian playwright and Nobel laureate on deck with companion. Michael Arlen, best-selling author, arrives in America. Joseph Conrad, Polish-born English novelist, is seen with ship's officers. British writer, H.G.Wells, tips his hat as he arrives on a ship to America. Douglas Edwards then presents a public interest announcement about civil defense planning, for the U.S. Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, sponsor of the show (during the Cold War). This is followed by voice-over from unidentified speaker urging citizens to take part in civil defense. Shown is a cutaway view illustrating emergency supplies of canned foods, and other supplies stored in a home basement for emergencies. A sign describes it as part of a "Family Fallout Shelter." Narrator states that civil defense is an American tradition.

Date: 1925
Duration: 4 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032199
U.S. Army Medical research work, in collaboration with scientists worldwide.

U.S. Army Medical Service research in collaboration with scientists around the world. Tropical Disease Research Center in Puerto Rico. Building with jeep parked in front. View of scientists in the laboratory. Scientists at table gather data on tropical diseases. Germany: scientists studying epidemic jaundice observe through a microscope. Another scientist pours a liquid in a flask. Madagascar: Street scene with veiled women and turbaned men in market place. Washington: Laboratory of Army Medical Research Center. Technicians and scientists work in laboratory. Chemicals kept in the shelves. A doctors collects the blood sample of a person. A team of doctors perform surgery. A soldier on bed wearing an oxygen mask and then on a tread mill, in experiments at Fort Knox, Kentucky . Aerial view of atomic bomb explosion. A person entering Headquarters Building of Walter Reed U.S. Army Medical Center, Washington, DC . A soldier in a whirlpool tub of water as a nurse helps with physical therapy. Soldier patients receiving physical therapy under supervision of nurse. A soldier prone on an examination table as he receives an x-ray or other imaging scan under supervision of a nurse. Soldiers in beds in a hospital ward. A soldier drinks purified water from a mug and soldiers purify water in the field. A scientist pours a liquid from one flask to another in developing pasteurization methods. Chefs cook. Scientists wearing mask as they work in the laboratory. Microscopic view of disease-causing bacteria. DDT is sprayed into a woman's clothing. DDT spray and powder fumigates plants. A blood sample taken from finger and put on slide. Candling of eggs preparing penicillin.

Date: 1953
Duration: 3 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032207
The U.S. female soldiers in uniform march and General Matthew Ridgway speaks on the services provided by women in U.S. army.

TV program, 'The big picture, ' depicts the role of women in the U.S. Army. U.S. Army Captain Carl Zimmerman speaks on the role of women in the American army. U.S. army soldiers marching. U.S. women soldiers in uniform marching. United States army General Matthew Bunker Ridgway speaks about the services provided by women in the U.S. army.

Date: 1951
Duration: 3 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032208
Women performing various duties being trained at the U.S. Women's Army Corps training center in the United States

The role of women in in the United States Army. A nurse helps an injured soldier in a hospital. A physiotherapist moves the leg of a soldier. A women dietitian works in the laboratory. View of Congress, on June 1948, during passage of the Women's Armed Services Act. Colonel Mary A. Hallaren being appointed as the first WAC officer in the regular Army of the United States. General George Marshall witnesses the appointment and swears in Sergeant Bates, as the first enlisted woman in the regular Army, as Colonel Hallaren witnesses. Women recruits arrive at WAC processing center by train. They get into a bus. Women enter the WAC training center. They are issued uniforms. Women being taught military matters in open air classrooms. WAC in close order drill, and donning gas masks.

Date: 1951
Duration: 1 min 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032211
U.S. Women's Army Corps personnel training in different fields and given career advice at the training center

The role of women in the United States Army. A sign reads ' WAC Bivouac area'. Women carry heavy packs and march. During 10 minute break, they sit on ground and talk. Women's Army Corps (WAC) personnel set up tents and line up for chow, eating from mess kits. Women play softball. A woman reads letter from home. A woman drinks from a canteen. Women exercise and do calisthenics. They learn unarmed defense tactics. WAC military police march in formation. A woman being interviewed. Women in classrooms being given career guidance. A woman works on the punch card machine. A man and a woman drafting. Women work in the kitchen. Women work in laboratories. A woman on X ray machine and a solider lying on the table. Dentists check soldier. A woman being commissioned as an officer. Women disembark from a ship. WAC assigned to Japan, Paris or Germany. Views of a Shinto shrine in Japan, the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, and people in Berlin walking through Brandenburg gate British Sector and heading to other side, as German police officers watch. Woman assists male officers in a meeting, as the men view early television screen. View of Patton tank on the move.

Date: 1951
Duration: 3 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032212