Test firing of a V-1 Fi103 flying bomb engine mounted on inclined launch rail. Two aerial views from left side of air-to-air release of the V-1 from beneath a German HE-111 aircraft, in flight, during World War 2.
An awareness film about cancer by American Cancer Society, United States. Film titles 'Enemy X'. Man drops curtains. Takes a tray. Man plays piano. Another man reads magazine and asks the other man to stop playing piano. He answers. He tells about some mystery. They talk. Man lights a cigarette and tells him about his meeting with inspector Thorndike. Inspector Thorndike in his office talks with doctor about death of a Senator. Inspector says that he thinks the senator was murdered. He discusses deaths of 15 men and women. Inspector receives a call informing them about one more death. They leave the office. They reach there and see the dead body. Doctor says it Enemy X. He tells the statistics of Enemy X. men and women arrive. Man introduces a doctor. They discuss about cancer. Doctor tells men should consult doctors at least once a year. Doctor tells about cancer and its diagnosis. He tells about the fearful attitude of people about cancer detection. Doctor insists on public discussions. Members of the society including Director Clarence C. Little with other three men at table discuss about fighting against cancer. Managing Director of U.S. against Cancer Society discuss about problems in fight against cancer. Doctor Prinklay tells the awareness and development in cancer diagnosis. He tells about clinics and research laboratories Man asks National Commander of Women's Field Army Mrs. Marjorie B. Illig about their organization. Illig tells members about work of their voluntary organization. Man briefs the talk. Men talks about symptoms of cancer. Doctor tells the symptoms. Men thank the doctor. They shake hands. Lights switched on. Cameras and lights at shooting area. (World War II period).
An awareness film about cancer by U.S. Public Health Service, United States, titled 'Choose to Live'. Dramatization shows a woman's experience with cancer. Building of United States Public Health Service in Washington D.C. Thomas Parran, Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service speaks about cancer and victims of cancer. View of women work at telecommunications, man at farm and men in urban area -- anyone can be vulnerable to cancer. He tells the probability of death from cancer. He talks about a woman Mary Brown. Her family sits at a dining table and has a breakfast meal together. She waves goodbye. Brown finishes her household work and looks at a meeting note. Meeting for cancer awareness at a club. A doctor talks about diseases. He compares its hazards with deaths in the World War. He discusses scientific investigation and research against cancer. Scientists work in laboratories. Lab worker run experiments injecting mice with chemicals. Beakers, test tubes, distillation equipment, mouth suction tube seen. Scientist looks through microscope. Atom smashing machine in a laboratory. He talks about National Institute of Health, National Cancer Institute and the Capitol. Bill designating one month each year as Cancer Control Month signed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. A doctor prepares for surgery. A team performs a surgery. An X-Ray machine. Control panel of the X-Ray machine. The third method of treatment is by the use of radium. Shows sand equal to all the radium available in the U.S. Man takes out radium from lock, he puts it on an applicator and takes it to a treatment room. Nurse measures the treatment area of patients body to apply radium treatment. Radon mercury forces gas. Man cuts pieces and collect it. Men sit at a cancer clinic. Man talks with a doctor. Doctors examine and treat cancer patients. Doctor observes X Rays. Doctor shows and explains the symptoms of cancer. Scientist study in a laboratory. Men women at a public meeting. Cancer awareness banners.
A film 'Civilian Defense' shows Directors of the State Defense Council at a meeting in Arkansas, United States, during World War 2. One of the members of the State Defense Council takes the roll call of the officials present. The head of the board meeting talks about the war situation. Officials from various departments give a brief description of the tasks done by them. An official points at a map on board and talks about the tasks to be performed in those areas for civil defense and air raid preparations.
American revolutionary soldiers march in reenactment of post-revolutionary past. They are led by two drummers and a fife player. American soldiers charge from their trenches in France during World War I. A man removes an antique musket from a wall. Two men converse in a rural agricultural area, in America during World War 2. The men look up in the sky as some U.S. Army Air Forces fighter planes fly overhead. An exploding bomb is artificially superimposed upon a typical residential street in an American neighborhood. The exploding bombs are next seen in Europe during World War II. Buildings are destroyed. Fires rage and heavy smoke fills the air. Views of destroyed cities.
American civilians prepare for an air raid drill in Arkansas, United States. Enemy looks at target area of a city map for bombing. An aircraft drops bombs on targets on ground. Explosion near a bridge. Civilians walk on the bridge. (World War II period).