Army officers enter the War Office building in London early during World War II. Exterior view of the War Office building (later the Old War Office) and traffic on Horse Guards Avenue in London. Dutch officers get out of car and enter the War Office building. Nelson's Tower at Trafalgar Square seen in distance. Sir John Dill, Vice Chief of the General Imperial Staff, enters the War Office building. Number of officers enter the building. Interior views of an office in the War Office building, with Director of Public Relations at War Office, Major General John Hay Beith, Richard De Rochemont and Maurice Lancaster seated in the office. The officials converse with each other.
Dr. Julio Prestes de Albuquerque, Brazil's new President visits United States. U.S. President Herbert Hoover greets him. A ship arrives at port in New York. President Prestes walks down stairs with officials. He poses. Boat in sea. U.S. and Brazilian Presidents pose at white House in Washington DC.
The Macagua Dam, (also known as the Antonio José de Sucre) during construction onthe Caroní River in Ciudad Guayana, Bolívar State, Venezuela. A waterfall in the region. The hydroelectric dam under construction in Venezuela. River flowing through jungle region. Infrastructure at the dam site. Large earth moving trucks carrying loads of dirt away during excavation. A man stands at the construction site. Men at work building the dam. A man welds a part of a machine.
Evacuation of British forces during Namsos Campaign of World War 2. Views of German aircraft in flight and explosions from German Luftwaffe bombing in Namsos Norway region. Mountainous terrain near Namsos, Norway. British Lieutenant General Adrian Carton de Wiart, wearing eye patch, standing beside another British officer. Views inside a hospital in Namsos, where British and French medical personnel assist wounded British and French soldiers. A French soldier in a hospital bed shows his damaged helmet. A bomb blast on the ground. A British and French navy escort convoy begins its return to Scapa Flow from Namsos, Norway with British and French troops aboard. View of calm pre-dawn before the transport convoy is detected by German forces. Then a blast near a ship in the North Sea as German aircraft begin to attack the ships. British soldiers on the ship deck sit and watch as British ships battle against German airplanes. Anti aircraft guns fired from the warships. German aircraft drop bombs near a ship. The German aircraft in low flight. Scenes of British Navy and French Navy sailors firing anti-aircraft guns. Navy seamen look at the planes. Anti aircraft guns are fired. Fired empty shells on the deck of the ship. The ship underway with troops.
A man with a short cigar in his mouth and a tattered cap stands on a dock and uses a long handled tool to move fish from a docked boat into a work area. Another man is shown on the edge of the dock using holding a long pole tool and pushing the fish catch along. View of a man at an outdoor counter de-scaling fish one at a time and dropping them into a bucket. He appears to be talking to the cameraman as he works. A fish processing worker in overalls leans over with his head beside a cat and talks to the cat. The cat is sitting atop a barrel at the docks, cleaning its paws, beside a pile of fish waste parts
View panning uphill to a Victorian mansion called "Ravenscrag"on Mount Royal in Montreal, Canada, housing the Allan Memorial Institute of Psychiatry, at McGill University. Camera pans across the front of the building. A photograph of Dr. Donald Ewen Cameron. Dr. Maurice Dongier,current head of the Institute, speaks about Dr. Cameron's so-called "Psychic Driving" therapy. He is being interviewed, and agrees that Dr. Cameron's work could by characterized as "brain washing." More views of the Allan Institute building. Val Orliknow,of Winnipeg, wife of a member of Canadian parliament, is seen seated, with the Allan Institute building visible through a window behind her.She describes her experience as a patient of Dr. Cameron. Scene shifts to Dr.Dongier, again, describing Cameron's methods. More views of the Institute building and of Mrs. Orliknow discussing her treatment. Street sign reading "Avenue McGregor and views of Heavy vehicle traffic on the Avenue, as Mrs. Orliknow describes her thoughts of committing suicide by throwing herself under a vehicle. Dr. Robert Cleghorn, who succeeded Dr. Cameron, upon his retirement, is seen being interviewed, and concluding that Dr. Cameron's work was not more successful than that achieved by more conservative methods. Scene shifts back and forth between Dr.Dongier,Dr.Cleghorn, and Mrs.Orliknow, interspersed with views of the Institute building, another building flying the American flag, and traffic on McGregor Avenue. Mrs.Orliknow expresses dismay at CIA involvement as the clip finishes with views of the institute and surroundings. [Note: Principals discuss attempted "brainwashing" by Dr. Ewen Cameron, who was funded by the CIA. He used drugs, including LSD, plus electric shock therapy, "sleep therapy," and "psychic driving," that he believed would allow him to make changes in a patient's` personality. His so-called "de-patterning" involved Electro-shock treatments for 30 days, and even 65 days for some subjects. ]
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