Shows the fall and destruction of Warsaw, Poland during German invasion of Poland in World War 2. Polish General Tadeusz Kutrzeba, deputy commander of Warsaw, walks to a bus in which German officers await to negotiate a cease fire. He is seen inside, through the window of the bus as they discuss disposition of forces using a map. Nazi occupation of the city and bombed ruins. Examples of Polish resistance in the city, such as man on his knees in a tunnel, firearms, printing pamphlets, man setting type and running press, distributing anti-Nazi pamphlets, German poster announcing executions in Lublin, Poland. Exact Warsaw locations unknown, but some possibly within the Warsaw Ghetto. Scene shows men pasting anti-Nazi posters, doing graffiti on wall, taking still photographs. Wrecked bridges and trains.
Clip opens with on screen text giving information on administration of electric shock therapy, and on the patient about to be shown. Scene shows a young schizophrenic United States Marine Corps private, sitting in a wheel chair at the St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington DC. The 19 year old man was brought to the hospital after a experiencing a mental breakdown on his way to military basic training (during World War 2). A doctor (psychiatrist) examines him. The patient gives no response to the doctor's questions and has no reaction to pin pricks. The doctor's assistants transfer the patient to a gatch bed. The bed is lifted to produce a moderate hyper extension in the patient's spine. The doctor spreads electro-jelly on both sides of the mental patient's forehead and applies electrodes. The electro-shock apparatus is connected to a 110 Volt AC outlet. Electro-shock (shock therapy) is administered to the patient in a 0.3-0.5 second's time interval. Mouth gag is placed in the patient's mouth during shock administration.
From a U.S. Army training film titled "Hygiene For Women - Protecting Health." Shows two women cleaning a convertible car. Men and women playing a game of lawn tennis in mixed doubles. Various scenes of women working in offices, eating ice cream at shopping malls. Men and women dancing in 1960s fashions, including doing the twist dance, drinking alcohol, and smoking cigarettes in a nightclub. Woman suffers hangover as a result of excessive drinking. She wakes up with a headache and is seen looking uncomfortable getting out of bed and at work that day. Narrator says that too much alcohol too often can lead to addiction. Shows image of woman writhing in bed and screaming out during detoxification from alcohol addiction.
Vietnamese workers open door of an armored boxcar of a railroad train at the Saigon depot in Saigon, Vietnam. Vietnamese worker operates forklift to unload cargo off the boxcar. A U.S. soldier supervises the unloading operation. Another U.S. soldier operates a forklift (Vietnam War period).
American soldiers and Vietnamese worker close the door of an armored boxcar at a railroad yard in Saigon, Vietnam. American soldier operates a forklift to carry supply crates. Boxcars being hooked up with railroad engines. Train leaves the yard. (Vietnam War period).
American troops carry supply crates on shoulders at a dock in England during World War I. A cargo of wagon wheels arrives on a goods train at the dock. Soldiers prepare to unload the cargo.
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