A chemical warfare training film based on U.S. soldiers being treated for exposure to various gases during World War II. Smoke rising from a DM (Adamsite) candle on a training batllefield in the United States. Soldiers walk through the smoke-covered battlefield. A soldier falls down (dramatization) after coming in contact with DM candle smoke. The casualty is evacuated from the field by a medic. At an encampment next to a forest, the soldier gargles with a solution of sodium bicarbonate at an aid station to prevent throat infection. The same soldier breathes through a bottle containing chlorine. He lies down on the ground after receiving treatment. Three solutions chlorine, phosgene and chloropicrin in test tubes. A soldier shows how these three gases can be released in a field.
A training film based on U.S. soldiers being treated for exposure to phosgene gas during World War II. Soldiers start to move after resting for a while on a field in the United States. A soldier forgets his gas mask. A group of soldiers marches. The soldier who forgot his mask becomes stricken with symptoms gradually. He falls down and is assisted by a medic. The soldier is placed on a litter and is evacuated to a nearby aid station. The soldier's clothing is loosened to facilitate breathing and he is given hot drinks. He is removed on a litter and checked out as a litter case.
A World War II chemical warfare training film based on U.S. soldiers being treated for exposure to white phosphorous particles during a war. Soldiers run away as a white phosphorous bomb explodes in the United States. The soldiers in a ditch try to remove phosphorous particles from their bodies. Severely wounded soldiers are evacuated. Bandages from a soldier's body are removed at a battalion aid station. Copper sulphate and tannic acid solutions are used on phosphorous burns. The soldiers march.
Harry S. Truman takes oath at office of United States President. Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone swears him as the President. He traces the rise of Truman to the highest office of the country, his birth place, life as a soldier and service during World War I and II. Election as Senator and Vice President to Franklin D. Roosevelt. Inaugural address to the congress and role during the World War II.
A map of United States with 200 weather bureaus marked on it. Men assemble weather data at weather bureau. A young boy looks at the process. Symbols used to convey weather conditions. Information plotted on a blank base map. Weather data entered against each station. Isobars and Thermo bars plotted onto the map which is used to forecast weather conditions.
Congress men watch a boxing match between two men during a Congressional tour of inspection in United States. One man declared winner in the end.
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