United States Military Police (MP) of the 3rd Armored Division, First U.S. Army (FUSA) search German prisoners near a roadside in Nordhausen, Germany. (World War II period).
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.
United States Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. with French General Alphonse Juin at the French Corps Headquarters in Prata, Tuscany, Italy during World War II. General Roosevelt poses for the camera standing in front of a Jeep that reads 'Rough Rider'.
United States soldiers in Frattamaggiore, Campania, Italy during World War II. U.S. soldiers approach an Italian street vendor selling candies. A soldier purchases a Torrone nougat candy. Soldier enjoys eating Torrone. Two U.S. soldiers standing on a balcony talk. A soldier buys apple from a fruit vendor. Soldier eating an apple. (World War II period).
United States soldiers in Frattamaggiore, Campania, Italy during World War II. Two U.S. soldiers enter a courtyard. The soldiers watch as Italian workers beat hemp crop. A woman with child in her arms stands in the background. Bundles of hemp being beaten on wooden logs by workers. Some passersby briefly watch the hemp workers.
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