Education for the mentally handicapped in the United States. A woman evaluates a boy. A mentally disabled girl arranges cubes on a table. An open notebook in front of the girl. A man helps a mentally disabled boy to stack blocks on top of each other. Children and a teacher in a classroom. The teacher writes a math problem on the blackboard. The teacher teaches mathematics to disabled students. She shows a booklet to the students and asks a question. The students raise their hands. Another classroom. A teacher reads from a book. She sits with a girl and helps her to read. Another girl reads incorrectly. The teacher corrects her.
'Light for Debra' depicts research work on mental disability in the United States. Several mentally disabled children in a row. A mentally disabled girl, Debra, in the forefront. A woman writes on a clipboard. A mentally disabled boy and Debra arrange cutlery on a table. A man times her. Debra sits on a chair in front of a computer. The computer screen shows digits 1 and 2. A woman at a table with a mentally disabled girl on one side and Debra on the opposite side. The woman shows some cards and lays them in front of the girl. Some cards in front of Debra. The woman notes on a paper. A researcher at a laboratory. The needle of a machine marks on a paper. A counselor counsels a couple.
Sailors taught methods of attack and counterattack during a navy training program in the United States. Two sailors demonstrate the hip lock. Both the sailors attack each other from the front. The attacker grasps the second sailor at the chest. The second sailor secures the right arm of the attacker beneath his left one and grasps his left elbow with his own right hand. He brings his left leg in front of the attacker and bends which causes both to fall. Next they demonstrate reverse hip lock. The second sailor passes his right arm beneath the left shoulder of the attacker and uses his left arm to grasp the right upper arm of the attacker. He brings his right foot forward, bends a little and hauls the attacker. (World War II period).
A cotton picking contest in the United States. Cotton pickers pick up cotton in a cotton field. A referee signals the end of the competition by flying a flag. The pickers with their bags on their shoulders move towards a weighing machine. They empty the contents of their bags. The winner is presented a prize.
Preparation of Miltown tablets by Wallace Laboratories in the United States. (Miltown was the brand name for Meprobamate, the the first widely used psychotropic drug in America). A sign on a machine reads 'Miltown Tablets'. Powdered medicine mixed in a container in a medical laboratory. Containers with attached pipes in the factory. A man looks at the containers. Fine mixture in a container. A production machine from which powdered medicine comes out. Women wearing apron and gloves in a laboratory. They are filling the tablets or pills in the bottles. Empty bottles on a machine are being filled with tablets. The bottles are seen being packed. Cartons of the Miltown tablets on conveyor belts for shipment all over the world. A globe of the world rotates to illustrate the global distribution of the medicine.
Poliomyelitis vaccine transported in the United States. Poliomyelitis vaccine displayed. Men put cartons of Poliomyelitis vaccine on a conveyor belt. A man pastes the labels on the cartons. A truck is being parked in front of a door. Two men lift up the door. A sign 'Barry' written on the truck. The cartons of the vaccine on the conveyor belt and on trolleys. A man opens the door where the medicines are kept. A man puts the packed cartons of Polio vaccine on a trolley.
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