View of sheep grazing in hills of Western United States. Flock of sheep being herded. Wide landscape views of cattle grazing in American frontier. Cowboys herd the cattle. Cattle herd in long line. Calendar shows March 1933, some days are encircled marking actions the President was taking for relief for American citizens during the Great Depression. United States President Franklin Roosevelt at his desk, pondering.
United States President Franklin Roosevelt in meeting with lawmakers during the Great Depression. View of forest. A tree being felled. A Civilian Conservation Corps employee in tree after a part of it was felled. Logs being transported by train over long trestle bridge. Logs roll down to river. Civilian Conservation Corps employee surveys forest with binoculars.
Railroad oil tankers in rail depot, likely in Texas. A worker fills an oil tanker in rail depot. Long line of oil tankers moving on railroad line alongside road.
Neon sign of the “Rockhead Paradise”, a night club in Montreal, Canada. A black stripper, wearing a tight dress, enters the stage. Teenage boys enter the night club and take their seats near the stage. Black stripper begins her striptease, her now visible head wearing a big bouffant wig, gyrating her body sensually. The young men watch strip show while smoking cigarettes. Stripper shows her back, her dress is partially backless, as she performs. Stripper begins to undress by taking off her long, white satin gloves. Teenage boy smokes cigarette while watching striptease. Stripper smiles seductively as she places her gloves in her shoulder. Black man watches striptease. Stripper zips off her dress onstage. A middle-aged white man watches striptease. Stripper takes off her dress. Stripper performs onstage only in her underwear. View of teenage girl with pixie-cut hair. View of stripper. Teenage boy arrives home and climbs stairs. Young man sits on his bed, takes off his coat, and lights a cigarette. Teenage boy looks at Playboy magazine, flipping through nudes, and centerfold before throwing it away. Narrators at end comment on societal attitudes about sex, including guilt and fear associated with sex, and also on the topic of masturbation.
United States Army M-4 Sherman tanks, carrying United States troops, roll along road toward Worms, Germany during World War 2. United States infantry soldiers engage in battle in a German town. United States infantrymen lead German prisoners of war out of building to the street. A United States M-4 Sherman tank rolls through town as infantrymen follow. German civilians on the street. White flags draped from windows of German houses as sign of surrender. United States M-4 Sherman tanks, carrying United States soldiers, roll through roadblock. German prisoners, with their hands in their heads, march out of town in a long POW line.
United States soldiers receive bags of V-mail letters, the primary method of correspondence with soldiers stationed abroad during World War 2. Soldiers unloads bags of V-Mail letters onto sorting table. V-Mail letters placed in cutting machine to be sliced open. Man hands over V-Mail to staff in separation table for processing and targeting operation. Staff folds away a rejected V-Mail. Staff inspects V-Mail, only to fold it away as reject. Accepted V-Mails stamped with numbers according to destination. Staff carry bundle of V-Mail to take to recording operation. Man puts down bundles of V-Mail for recording staff. Woman operators use Recordak machines to photograph every V-Mail letter. Recordak machine photographs V-Mail letters. Female operator puts a paper saying “END” into Recordak machine. Female operator pulls camera reel from Recordak machine. A motion picture film developer inspecting a machine that develops and dries the 16mm film. Pile of 16mm film reels being put into boxes. Men working in front of huge pile of V-mail letter bags. A long-range flying boat, a Boeing 314 Clipper, taking off from water. Delivery soldier salutes to United States Army Captain Roy Lewis before handing over a bag containing V-Mail 16mm film reels. Army Captain pours boxes containing V-Mail film reels onto his desk. Captain opens box and pulls out a film reel. Employee in printing room uses an enlarging machine to print V-Mail. Machine prints V-Mail. Female employee spins rolls of newly printed V-Mail on rewind table. Female employee slices a roll of V-Mail into letters. Male employee uses machine to fold V-mail letters. Employee uses machine to pack V-Mail into envelopes. Machine seals envelopes. Male employee retrieves a stack of V-Mail ready for delivery. Military postman distributes V-Mail to waiting soldiers. Soldier's hand holds a V-Mail letter.
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