Stunt driver Lucky Teeter and his fellow daredevils amaze and thrill the crowds during a Memphis, Tennessee show. Teeter leapfrogs over a line-up of automobiles in his car, does a flip and bursts through a ring of fire. Instant rewind of several of the stunts. April 1938.
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 US-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.
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.
Woman suffering from Dementia Praecox (Schizophrenia) is examined by a psychiatrist at the St Elizabeth Hospital in Washington DC. Nurses assist in shifting the patient to a bed. The doctor spreads electro-jelly on both sides of the patient's forehead and applies electrodes. Electro-shock or shock therapy is given to the patient. Mouth gag is placed in the patient's mouth. Nurses exert pressure on the patient's shoulders, arms and knees during convulsion, to moderate her bodily movements.
A 54 year old woman suffering from Involutional Psychosis (Melancholia) is examined by a psychiatrist at the St Elizabeths mental hospital in Washington DC. Nurses assist in shifting the patient to a bed. The patient is really agitated and restless. The doctor spreads electro-jelly on both sides of the patient's forehead and applies electrodes. Electro-shock, or shock therapy, is given to the patient. Mouth gag is placed in the patient's mouth. Nurses exert pressure on the patient's shoulders, arms and knees during the convulsion to moderate her body's movements. The patient becomes stable after the treatment.
Shows a 54 year old woman suffering from Involutional Psychocis (Melancholia) talking to a psychiatrist at the St Elizabeth Hospital in Washington DC. She explains to the doctor about her health condition after undergoing series of electro-shock treatment, or shock therapy.
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