United States Veterans Administration's role for the war veterans of World War II. An enactment shows Veterans administrations role in terms of physical and financial rehabilitation of war veterans. A service disabled war veteran being provided technical training to enable him to get a job. War veterans being imparted technical training. A war veteran meets a vocational guidance officer. The officer guides him about the jobs he can take up and puts him through a series of scientific tests. A blind ex- Sargent in his gift shop set up by veterans administrations help under financial rehabilitation measures. A veteran in his home purchased under the financial rehabilitation benefits provided by the veterans administration.
Title Slate reads: "Science and Engineering." This is followed by World War II scenes of American industrial sites, including some dominated by smoke stacks and railroad connections. Men are seen walking at a major shipping port where ships are being loaded and unloaded by large cranes. Sign above one building reads:"Ford." Views inside that plant of ford automobiles being assembled. Mechanics climb a ladder to access a Douglas DC-3 transport plane parked outside a hangar. View of aircraft radial engines being worked on inside a manufacturing plant. young men working in a machine shop are described by narrator, as "Students." and notes that they are engaged in a work-study program that shifted toward the defense industry during World War 2. A member of the Antioch faculty is seen working with a student at a drafting table in a war plant. Closeup of an engine part design on the drafting table. Antioch student, Norman Lawson, works fabricating a giant searchlight for use in the war. He turns the light on to test it. Other students are seen working in a chemistry laboratory, using typical glass equipment and precise balances. A student is seen pouring molten material from a furnace into a crucible. Views of dials being adjusted and belt-driven machinery. A student operating a drill press in a machine shop. A glimpse of the Antioch College campus. A group of students engaged in discussions in their dormitory. Several first year students in a journalism class. Students in an accounting class. View of Antioch's Science building, donated by Charles Kettering (Head of Research at General Motors Corporation), who is pictured. Students conducting research in photosynthesis as well as physics and chemistry in the building. A student studying a book on philosophy.
A medical condition 'trench foot' of U.S. soldiers caused by prolonged exposure of the feet to damp and cold conditions during World War II. An ambulance brings an affected soldier to a hospital in Europe. The soldier on a stretcher is taken into the hospital. Bandaged feet of the soldier lying on the stretcher. The soldier is covered with blankets. He is given a small amount of whiskey. A use of sympathetic block on the patient with a solution of Procaine Hydrochloride. Exposure of the injured, bandaged feet. A fan is turned on. The patient is treated for prevention from secondary infections. Blistered feet of the patient. The patient affected by gangrene is treated. The patient has a meal. Physical therapy is given to the patient including diaphragmy, warm baths, exercises and massages. The surgery is performed in critical cases.
A group of young primary school children tend a garden and dig up the ground for further planting. A physical training class being conducted on a school playground. Girls do various exercises such as running, jumping and play basketball. The ceremonial dismissal by their teacher. They are uniformly dressed in white middies and navy blue bloomers.
Military training of United States armed forces. A recruitment process underway. Men who are new recruits for the U.S. Army enter a building during draft or enlistment procedures. The recruited personnel taken to training grounds. Men get off a bus. They learn to march on the parade grounds. Men exercise for their physical fitness. They practice rifle shooing and marksmanship with various targets.
A sign board reads: 'Border Operations'. Other sign boards along the side of a road in Germany. A U.S. Army jeep drives past on the street. Soldiers advance along supply lines to protect them. Soldiers in training during Cold War fire guns. A sign board reads: "Army Arctic Training Center." The soldiers fire rifles and conduct cold weather and arctic training in snow covered area of Big Delta, Alaska. Other sign board reads: 'Organized Reserve Corps U.S. Army'. An officer briefs the soldiers about ammunition and equipment. A training of the ground troops undertaken. The soldiers exercise for their physical fitness. Men in a radio room. Man plotting positions on a wall board. U.S. Army soldiers scramble and run to battle stations during a Cold War aerial attack drill. Soldiers taking positions, some man an anti-aircraft gun.
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