Preparations being made for participants and visitors to the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Doctors examine a man riding on exercise cycle. Computer screen shows heart beat rate. Doctor Jack Hackney speaks. A man photographs a balloon in air. Scientists work in a laboratory. A paper being printed. A man studies reports. Men draw on charts. A woman writes on the venue chart. A woman talks on a telephone. A man speaks on a hand microphone. People on a sidewalk. A security man on a bike. A security car being driven. A security man talks to a biker. A security officer trains other security personnel. A helicopter in flight. Aerial view of the city of Los Angeles with smog present. Los Angeles city buildings and streets seen from helicopter. Anti terrorist squad of FBI and SWAT team of Los Angeles Police Department outside a building.
Reenactment of treatment for combat exhaustion cases among World War 2 U.S. soldiers. A vehicle of a medical unit arrives at a field hospital carrying a combat exahusted soldier at an aid station. Medical personnel soldiers carry the agitated, traumatized soldier from the vehicle to the tent of the aid station while he yells. Soldiers lay the traumatized soldier on a stretcher. They give medicine to him. They carry his stretcher away. They give soup to another soldier. An exhausted soldier comes into the tent for treatment. He takes off his bag. A medic asks the soldier his problem. He suggests that he take rest and eat food. The medic gives him medicine. The soldier picks his bags and move out with the medics who are holding a blanket and soup for the soldier. Another exhausted soldier arrives for treatment. A Red Cross soldier examines his hand. The injured soldier goes to sleep. (Note: Clips deals with treatment for Combat Exahaustion, also later termed Post-traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD)
Prospective NASA Project Mercury astronaut, Harold W Christian undergoes Harvard step and tilt table test at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Doctor checks subject's pulse and blood pressure. Harold Christian, wearing Converse All Stars high top shoes, steps 20 inches to a platform once every two seconds. After some minutes, when cued by the medical staff watching, he stops stepping and immediately lies on a backward inclined table (for 25 minutes to measure ability of the heart to compensate for body in an unusual position for an extended time). Medical personnel monitor his vital signs as he is on the inclined table.
Research work by the Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics Service (United States Department of Agriculture). Chief of the Bureau Dr. Hazel K Stiebeling talks about research in the field of food and nutrition at the Beltsville Research Center in Maryland. Laboratory technicians compare the nutritive value of foods. They measure the growth of a chicken using a machine, and that of a rat using an apparatus. A technician measures certain vitamins and amino acids using micro organisms in test tubes. Technicians use chemical methods to measure Vitamin C and small food proportions. A photoelectric calorimeter is used to measure carbohydrates in a food.
A dramatized training film created by OSS (Office of Strategic Services) for training of secret agents. Two officials inspecting a stripped man. Person picks a suit form a wardrobe and gets dressed. Clothes and accessories are shown. Two officials in conversation in office. A person checking a document with the help of a magnifying glass.
Rehabilitation of the mentally disabled. An operation theater. Surgeons wrap bandages on the legs of a boy who has been operated upon. The boy on ventilator. Two physiotherapists help a boy to climb up and down a small flight of stairs. Another therapist helps a boy to roll on a big medicine ball. She puts a spatula in his mouth. A woman helps a child to walk. The therapist puts a vibrator on his foot. A man assembles a special chair. A mentally disabled child is lifted off a gurney and placed in the special chair. Nurses and doctors nearby.
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