25th Infantry Division soldiers undergo Mines and Booby Trap course at Cu Chi, South Vietnam. Instructor shows soldiers a Vietcong weapon. The weapon is passed through the class. United States soldiers seated on bleachers. (Vietnam War period).
25th Infantry Division soldiers undergo Mines and Booby Trap course at Cu Chi, South Vietnam. United States soldiers walk through puddle of water. Sign board reads 'Devil Weapons of the Vietcong' and 'Booby Trap'. Smoke rises in foreground. (Vietnam War period).
25th Infantry Division soldiers undergo Mines and Booby Trap course at Cu Chi, South Vietnam. United States soldier speaking with soldiers seated on bleachers in the background. Instructor briefs students. (Vietnam War period).
A U.S. Army Air Forces Captain is explaining characteristics of the Republic P-47 thunderbolt airplane, as he points to a large illustration of one on the wall. Among other things, he emphasizes aspects of its engine and propeller. Closeup of instructor pointing to switch, on panel inside the cockpit, that allows pilot to select automatic or manual control of the Curtis Electric constant speed propeller. Instructor points to diagram as he discusses the plane's fuel tanks. The instructor continues describing the aircraft, removing covers to expose parts of the illustration as goes along. The Captain (instructor) and students (Lieutenant pilots) look at a cutaway of the aircraft turbo supercharger. Together, they look at the throttle controls they'll find in the airplane. Instructor demonstrates actions to invoke military power, moving throttle past the sea level stop and invoking supercharger as well as water-injection. He also mentions gear and flap controls as well as armor, and the plane's eight 50-caliber machine guns. Next, the Captain takes one of the Lieutenants with him and leaves to look at an actual airplane on the flight line. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
A U.S. Army Air Forces Captain (instructor) and a Lieutenant, pilot, walk the flight line past parked P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft. They stop at one, and the instructor climbs on its wing root, showing the Lieutenant that the wing flaps have been left down to prevent someone from stepping on them. The Lieutenant climbs into the cockpit as the instructor stands on the wing and points out controls of the aircraft. Included are controls for fuel selection; trim tabs; emergency hydraulic pump; gun heat; wing flaps; landing gear. They look up as a P-47 passes low overhead. Then, the instructor continues clockwise around the cockpit noting the quadrant of turbo, throttle, and mixture controls. He covers switches, warning lights, flight instruments, and engine instruments and other things. Scene shifts to aerial view of a P-47 in flight above clouds, and then to oxygen controls and indicators. Closeup of pilot wearing oxygen mask. More views of cockpit and controls and indicators. Student closes the canopy part way and they discuss its operation. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
Film 'The Fight for Life' dramatizes experience of a physician in obstetric practice at a Chicago hospital. View of engraved stone reading: City Hospital, 1932, over archway, at entrance to a Chicago hospital. Medical staff walk in hallway. A nurse enters maternity center where doctors stand beside a woman in labor on a table.The principal doctor monitors the fetus heartbeat. The mother becomes stressed and the anesthesiolgist helps her. Physician places newborn infant on cart and nurse rolls it away. View of baby. Nurse and doctors attending the mother express alarm over her blood pressure.They administer oxygen and several doses of medicine by hypodermic. But the patient dies. One of the attending physicians (Dr. O'Donnell) is clearly moved by the event, and seems deep in thought as he leaves the hospital, not even noticing the receptionist who bids him good evening as he passes her.
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