Activities of the U.S. Army Military Police in the United States during various disasters. Firefighters at a major conflagration. MPs in a military ambulance flying a red cross flag, rushing toward the site. Smoke seen rising in the background. A sign on a building: 'US Army Disaster Relief Headquarters'. An MP stands at the entrance and directs people seeking help. Scenes from the 1951 Kansas River Flood, with low aerial view of the Frisco (St. Louis–San Francisco) Railway 19th Street Yards, Kansas City, Missouri, during the Great Flood of 1951. Flood waters in the industrial area, cutting off trains and covering factories. A residential area inundated by flood waters. Military Police and local police in a boat patrolling the flooded area. Military Police in an amphibious jeep evacuating a boy and his dog from the flooded area. MPs with the boy and his dog driving out of the flooded area.
Carl M. Brashear, a Master Diver in the U.S. Navy, demonstrates his bravery and determination after an injury in the U.S. Carl M. Brashear, an decorated African American U.S. Navy Master Diver works in deep sea water and examines a sunken aircraft. Men assist him in donning underwater diving gear. A submarine underway at sea. Carl Brashear aboard a ship. He jogs, running with a prosthetic leg, although he sustained an injury during a salvage operation which resulted in the amputation of his leg . He does physical exercise lifting weights and boxing with a punching bag for physical fitness. Brashear, in scuba gear, descends from a dock into ocean water. Brashears in U.S. Navy walks into a building at the Naval Safety Center in Norfolk, Virginia. He enters the department of 'Naval and Salvage' at the Naval Safety Center. He works in his office. He instructs U.S. Navy students in a classroom. Brashear talks about his views on his injury and how he motivates himself. Sailors assist Carl Brashear in preparing for a dive, and he is seen underwater during a dive.
Personal hygiene for young women illustrated in the United States. A girl plays checkers with a boy while seated on the outdoor porch of a house. Such activity is necessary for the brain, fidelity and sound training if she is to be a successful mother and an intelligent citizen. A mother works in the background. A girl exercises by standing tall and breathing deeply. A girl sleeps keeping the windows of her room open. She wakes up and smiles. The girl goes to take a bath. A girl does physical exercises by bending and stretching which helps to prevent constipation.
Educational film on health and hygiene. Glands and their functions are identified on an inanimate model in the United States. An inanimate model shows oil glands which keep scalp and hair healthy. The inanimate model shows tear glands which clean and lubricate the eyes. Salivary glands and gastric glands aid in digestion. The inanimate model depicts that the internal secretion of the thyroid gland influences the activity of the brain and nerves.
From a early 1920s educational film on health and hygiene for girls. Clip focuses on sexual education, targeted to a female audience. Female organs and their functions are identified on an inanimate model in the United States. Sex glands shown on the inanimate model. Reproductive system overview with summary that healthy condition of these organs makes for happy wife hood and successful motherhood. The reproductive system shows ovaries, egg cells and fallopian tubes through which the egg cells reach uterus. `A fertilized ovum grows into a baby in the uterus. Vagina is the tube opening outward from the uterus. Reproductive system diagram depicts a male sperm cell fertilizing an ovum within the body of mother. An animated diagram shows that for nine months the child is kept warm, protected and fed within the womb. A fetus grows in the womb and the child is pushed out through the vagina into the outer world. A nurse cleans and bathes an infant child in a wash tub basin. Reproductive system depicts menstrual flow.
Health education film from the early 1920's in the United States. Shows effects of gonorrhea and syphilis in the children of disease sufferers in the United States. Contrasting scenes of healthy children playing, and healthy happy 1920's families with wife, husband, and boy and girl children are shown. Opens with a sickly infant suffering from syphilis and birth defects passed on from the father. Girls born blind due to gonorrhea are seen playing with a ball. The disease has been passed on from the father to the mother. Contrasting scenes show healthy children as they climb a stone wall and tree. A girl holds flowers and boy and girl children gather nearby, all wearing early 20th century 1920s era clothing. A man proposes marriage to a woman as they sit on the steps of a house. He puts an engagement ring on her finger. Husband in suit enters a backyard. His son runs toward him happily to greet him. His wife and another child approach to greet him. Hammock in the background. Children play with their mother and father. Boys somersault on the lawn.
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