A woman wearing a nightgown sits on her bed. Another woman gives her a dress to wear. She takes the dress and puts it on her bed. She wears the dress, an looks out a window through venetian blinds. The woman demonstrates a florescent light to another woman. She wears a necklace and bangles. She models several fashions of hosiery and shows texture of hosiery weave. A woman brings tea to her on a bamboo tea cart without wheel, that slides instead of rolling. She sits on a sofa. She lights a lamp.
A woman homemaker works in a kitchen in the 1930s. Housewife wears an apron over her dress and cooks bacon and eggs on a gas range. She also checks on a casserole in the oven. She grates cheese, cores an apple, and cuts bread.
A woman prepares to take a shower. She demonstrates a plastic shower curtain. Bathroom fittings like taps and shower in view. A bathtub in the background. In another scene, the woman wears a dressing gown and enters a bathtub behind a translucent folding screen.
A wheel of an automobile in view. A man sits, bends down and observes the wheel. He points out the parts of segmented rubber tire covering held by springs on the wheel. A segment of the covering is opened with pliers, revealing a good tire underneath. He shows the source of the covering which is made from old tires and bedsprings. He selects a tire from a pile of castoff tires on the ground. He removes bedsprings from a castoff cot. He demonstrates how his car can drive on the tire covers. Buildings in the background.
Military training film depicts the causes of indicator jamming on the radio set, SCR-268. A ship underway. Newspaper headlines read about the German battleships which escaped British Army because their radio signals were jammed. Soldiers talk on radio. During Jamming weird pattern start appearing on the monitor screen. Sensitivity knob of the radio. Signs of jamming are seen. A couple sits and listens to radio. The couple switches off radio because of interference in the radio broadcast. An animated diagram explains the jamming. Radio waves bounce back from the target. Target sends radio energy longer then those that bounce back. Jamming takes place. Jamming can be improved by making adjustments. (World War II period).
Film maker Alfred Hitchcock in a meeting of National Press Club. Another man stands near him. Microphones are set in front of him. He answers questions asked to him about his movies, his favorite actor and actresses. He adds humor to his answers and makes the audience laugh. Alfred Hitchcock is given a certificate of appreciation. He talks to other people in the room. Several men seated on chairs which are arranged in order. Alfred Hitchcock looks through a document.
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