President Dwight D. Eisenhower decorates the outgoing Secretary of State, Charles E. Wilson with Medal of Freedom at White House in Washington DC. Neil H. McElroy is sworn in as the 6th Secretary of Defense of United States. McElroy takes his seat in his new office. U.S. Department of Defense seal and US-flag can be seen in background .
James Boyd, the personal butler to the 13th Duke of Bedford arrives at airport accompanied by Duke Ian Russell and his wife. Boyd bids farewell before leaving. He arrives in the United States via a Pan Am flight. He serves as butler to Hollywood actress June Allyson. June Allyson accompanied by producer Ross Hunter cuts her birthday cake. Title of their forthcoming film, 'My Man Godfrey', written on the cake. Allyson eats cake from Hunter's hands. Boyd poses for the camera.
Keel laying of the polaris submarine USS Lafayette (SSBN-616) in Groton, Connecticut. Shows electric power cable running from the USS Nautilus (SSN-571) to the dock. Thus, the nuclear reactor aboard the Nautilus is providing electric power to operate the crane for laying the keel of the USS Lafayette and also for welding, later on. Sign on dock, reads Atomic Power, SSN-571 Nautilus. The worker on the dock turns the power on. The keel of the USS Lafayette is put in place by the crane. Several yard worker in foreground. Sign reads, "USS LAFAYETTE (SSBN-616), Keel laid January 17, 1961". The keel hangs from a crane hook. French Ambassador Herve Alphand, Secretary of U.S. Navy (SECNAV) William B. Franke; President of General Dynamics' Electric Boat division, Carleton Shugg; and Vice Admiral(VADM) Hyman G. Rickover, all appear on a stand as the keel is being laid onto the blocks. The bottom section of the keel is lowered to the keel blocks as the dock watchers observe. Press officials gather at the ceremony. SECNAV Franke at podium speaks to the group in the yard. A worker puts a welder's apron around the SECNAV. VADM Rickover watches as SECNAV welds his initials into the keel of the USS Lafayette. Ambassador Alphand welds his initials onto the keel of the USS Lafayette. Alphand speaks from the platform to the group, completes his speech, and Carleton Shugg steps to the microphone at the close of the ceremony. The VIPs leave the platform.
U.S. Navy Admiral Hyman Rickover is honored aboard the USS Nautilus in Groton,Connecticut. Participating VIPs include: French Ambassador Herve Alphand; Secretary of US-Navy(SECNAV) William B. Franke; President of the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation.Carleton Shugg; and Vice Admiral(VADM) Hyman G. Rickover. They arrive aboard the USS Nautilus (SSN-571) for the ceremony. Vice Admiral Rickover is saluted by Navy officers. standing on a podium set up on deck of the submarine. Officers and men on the Nautilus stand at attention. LT. J.F. Laboon, JR. Chaplain, gives a short invocation. Commander of Nautilus, Lando W. Zech, introduces Vice Admiral Grenfell who steps up to the mike. French Ambassador Alphand gives remarks. SECNAV gives his address and presents the Distinguished Service Medal to VADM Rickover.
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.
Shows a schizophrenic United States Marine Corps (USMC) private, sitting on a chair at the St. Elizabeth Hospital in Washington DC the day after a round of electric shock therapy. He talks to his doctor (psychiatrist). The doctor examines him. The patient moves back and forth in the hospital room normally. Patient poses before the camera.
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