American Friends Service Committee (Quakers) relief activities in Germany after World War I. Children gather in school yard in Old Dresden to eat white rolls and bean soup. Hungry children sit in rows to eat . Children seen sitting in pram. Officials receive contributions of clothing and read letters of thanks from children and citizens in Headquarters offices of the American Friends Service Committee in Berlin, Germany. A letter of thanks from a girls school. A nurse examining and massaging a girl patient afflicted with rachitis from malnourishment. Concerns about Tuberculosis and rickets in the children. A woman seen with a child in her arms.
Men seen riding bicycles. Dr. Tom Dooley and his assistant examining and treating patients at Namtha hospital in Laos. Dr. Tom Dooley administering to native men, women and children. Some patients stand and some sit as they wait for their turn for check-up.
Newsreel 'Los Angeles Cal.Ho hum, the chiropractors are in again! Helen Holliday wins trophy for having world's most perfect back.' The female participants sit in a line, then bend and then stand straight to get their backs examined.
A chicken beauty contest in Petaluma, California. A flock of white chickens running. The women spray perfume on a chicken. Women painting nail polish on a chicken’s nails. Women in bathing suits hold up a mirror in front of the hen. A group of young women in bathing suits stand in a line, each with a hen for the “Ms. Slick Chick of 1947” contest. A man examines each hen. Two women in chicken costumes stand beside the judge. Judge disqualifies a contestant as it turned out to be a rooster. Judge declares a New Hampshire Red hen the winner of the contest. Judge hands over a box to the winner.
United States PBY Catalina flying boat seen. U.S. flag seen. U.S. Navy PT motor torpedo boats alongside dock. Sailors working on a PT boat. PBY Catalina flying boats take off. A torpedo is slipped from a tube. Sailors cleaning 50 caliber PT guns. Officer examines torpedo and takes pressure. A 50 caliber turret seen. A Lewis Gun disassembled.
1352nd Photo Squadron film titled 'Tactical hospitals prove mobility'. Base Operations at Ashiya Air Base in Japan. Tactical hospital set up after moving 600 miles by air. C-130 Hercules aircraft taxiing on runway. C-130 Hercules unloaded. Hospital tanks erected. Men set at work in the field hospital. Doctors and technicians working in tent hospital. Patients lie on hospital beds. Patients are examined. Doctors and nurses during a surgery operation.
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