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.
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.
A large American crowd at an outdoor stadium. Brief view of Presidential candidate Richard Nixon speaking to reporters. Narrator describes how his presidential campaign went on hold after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Next scene shows rioting and looting by African American citizens in the United States in a major city (narrator references Los Angeles, Newark, Baltimore, Detroit). People stealing items from stores and smashing store windows after the death of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Image changes to a 4-way split screen, with two portions showing families watching television, one portion showing continued rioting (including Washington DC fire fighters involved in putting out an arson fire); and one portion showing interviews with notable African Americans deploring the rioting. Speakers including Roy Wilkins, Sammy Davis Jr., and James Brown.
Sammy Davis Jr. condemns rioting in an interview in the United States. He notes that it is very disheartening that people are not mourning the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. He expresses his disappointment that people are not expressing sorrow less than 48 hrs after the King's death.
Search and Rescue training by United States Cost Guard (USCG). Two USCG HH-52 Seaguard helicopters in flight. One HH-52 flies low above water in a bay. It autorotates to a landing on the water, then taxis and takes off again. Houses and other structures can be seen on the land in the background.
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