Weevils fed toxic compounds and examined during a laboratory test in United States. Weevils stored for the tests in the laboratory. Man takes the container out of the store. Men test the poisonous compounds on the Weevils in a field. Glasses on a table contains poisonous compound.
Laboratory test of Weevils fed with toxic compounds in United States. Test glass containers with sand flooring, sprig of tender cotton plant moistened and poisoned. Chemists moisten the sprigs. They put poison on the sprigs. They examine the Weevils and keep a record of the Weevil. Dead Weevils picked and the poison is washed away. Man smokes cigar and picks the dead Weevils. A dead Weevil on a table.
Dramatization: Calcium arsenates spray to combat Boll Weevils in United States. Proctor, a farmer reads newspaper with his wife. He reads news about the eradication of Boll Weevils. He shows the news to his wife. He visits the laboratory. He discusses the matter with Mr Owens who is a Government expert and helps the farmers. Samples of calcium arsenate are examined at the Department of Agriculture laboratories in Tallulah, Los Angeles. The samples are then transferred to the laboratory of Washington DC. Men test the sample. Test tubes on tables. The matter discussed in the board room. Chairman says that the material is harmful for the use of farmers. The bad material is seized by the Department of Agriculture.
Dramatization: Calcium arsenates spray to combat Boll Weevils in United States. A Government expert addresses the people at the Deer Park. He says that the poisoning is not very costly. It increases the yield. When 10 to 15 percent of the squares are punctured, they should be poisoned. Man examines cotton in the field. Trees in the background.
Graph compares the number of female factory workers to men during World War II. Factory workers producing war materiel in the United States. Workers using lathe. Welders welding machines. Tanks are loaded onto rail freight cars. Railroad freight yards and shipping. Posters advertising war jobs for women. Women interviewed for war jobs by men. Alarm clock rings as tired woman wakes up in bed. Women in front of Sterner's Department Store and buying fur coats. Women reading newspapers while smoking. Crowd trying to get onto an overcrowded bus. A mother comforts her boy who has skinned his knee. Men and women leaving a factory. Interior of World War 2 airplane factory. Soldier examines broken radio on battlefield. Wounded American soldiers carried on litters. A telegraph is delivered to a woman by a girl. Woman reads the telegraph. Woman crying in bed while reading the telegraph that announces her husband's death, while her son comforts her. Close up photo of deceased husband. Montage of graveyards with gold star of service superimposed on image. Newspaper headline "All Job Deferments Face Drastic Review" View of men inside Selective Service local board 226 office. Some men being drafted then in 1944 are shown, including older men, more fathers, and men who had been doing essential industrial work. Man working with metal lathe. American soldiers climbing mountain in snow in Italian mountains. American soldiers wade through deep water in a jungle region of the Pacific. View of a sinking ship or merchant ship, and two crew members jumping off the sinking ship into the water. View of London England blitz damage and devastation, and people digging through piles of rubble from bombing. Dead bodies of adults and children from war in Europe. Crying women, London Blitz. Woman holding boy in arms. Woman kissing girl. Old woman sewing in factory to help with the war production effort. Women picking crops to help with farming and supply of food for soldiers.
United States Marines during the 'Operation Buffalo' in Con Thien, Vietnam. M48A1 tank of 'A' company parked on the grass field. Marines standing on the grassy area near the tank. Some marines walk through the remains of NVA (North Vietnamese army) bunker. Marine places captured NVA pack on ground and searches through it. He lifts articles of clothing and throws them out. He removes small square container and opens it. Body of a dead NVA soldier lay on ground. Marine picks up empty tin can, examines it and throws it. He stands in a shallow hole over the body of dead NVA soldier. He talks to another marine. He stands on a shallow hole searching through cart belt on body of dead NVA soldier. He removes magazine from cart belt and throws it. He searches through clothing of the dead NVA soldier. He removes small white object from soldier's pocket and throws it on the ground. (Vietnam War period).
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