Opening scene shows German shephard puppies and their mother in World War 2. Several dogs and their handlers are seen. A dog being aggressively trained by a heavily padded trainer inciting the dog to attack him. Scene shifts to a sign reading "40th QM War Dogs" (40th Quartermaster War Dog Battalion).It is on a rustic compound fence in a jungle area of the Pacific. Dogs here are not aggressive, but are trained to be alert reliable companions to their respective handlers. Next, several soldiers and their companion dogs are seen walking along a jungle trail. Scene shifts abruptly to a completely different aspect of Quartermaster activity: Graves registration. Army pallbearers carry a fallen soldier on a stretcher, covered with an American flag, into an established military cemetery in the Pacific. Soldiers commence burial procedures. Views of the cemetery from a structure therein, showing numerous white crosses, and an extremely tall flag pole displaying the American flag. Scene shifts, to Quartermaster troops assembled in a chow line, as a bugler blows. Two GIs eating by a large tree.
Notable African American persons in the United States. Sociology researcher Charles S. Johnson at his desk and Warren Logan, William Edward Burghardt also known as W. E. B. Du Bois, James Weldon Johnson, Charles S Johnson and Ira Reid pose for the camera. Close-ups of each personality. Chemist teacher Dr. Thomas W Turner works in a laboratory in Hampton.
Mental and emotional casualty patients (PTSD) of World War II receive psychiatric medical aid in Brentwood, New York. A nurse and aide brings a patient who is not able to walk into a room in Mason General Hospital. They help him sit on a bed. A psychiatric doctor converses with the patient. He asks the patient to take his shirt off and lie down on the bed. The patient is given an injection of Sodium Amytal. The patient goes into a state similar to hypnosis. The doctor now interacts with the patient who is in a semiconscious state. The doctor encourages the patient to walk. The patient walks in the semiconscious state. The patient goes back to the bed.
Military casualties of World War II receive medical aid for post traumatic stress disorder-like symptoms (PTSD) in Brentwood, New York. Military veteran psychiatric patients recovering at Mason General Hospital. African American patient operating a record player turntable or phonograph to play music. Patients playing table tennis in a gymnasium. A career trainer instructs a group of patients about alternate professions that could be chosen. Relatives of patients see them on the visitors' day.
As film begins, organ music is heard. Camera pans across tops of tents showing sky above. Scene shifts to a Chaplain conducting Sunday services in the open. A soldier plays a field organ as soldiers and airmen participate in the service. Closeup of the Chaplain kneeling before a makeshift altar where objects are placed to facilitate communion in a mass or service. Complete change of scene shows airmen arranging bombs for loading aboard an open truck that then backs up to an airplane, into which they are loaded. Narrator notes that these are all purpose bombs weighing 250, 500, and 1000 lbs, respectively. Closeup of a 1000 lb bomb in foreground marked "GP 1000 lb AN-M44." Airmen arnorers install fins and fuses before loading the bombs aboard the aircraft. An airman loads belts of machine gun ammunition at a gun turret of the airplane. others load guns elsewhere on the aircraft. Closeup of pilots being given final briefing about the mission, before departure. Narrator notes that the mission will involve two flights of B-24s and one of B-17s. Planned altitudes and routes of the bombers are drawn on a map in colors. They are to attack a Japanese installation on Kiska Island. Fighter support is described. A Flight crew assembles near their B-24 Liberator bomber. Closeups of individual crew members waiting on the airfield ramp. Scene shifts to fighter pilots who will be accompanying the bombers. They converse in front of a row of fighter aircraft. They are wearing flotation gear over their flight suits. The area is paved with Marsden matting (pierced steel planking). Closeups of men in the group, including: Lieutenant George I. Rudell, Lieutenant Holy P. Mail, Lieutenant Lial A. Bean, Major Willson Aston, Lieutenant Henry J. Strencops and Colonel Jackson.
Tuna fishing off the Spanish coast. Spanish fishermen in boats launch net and surround tuna fish in net. Tuna fish is taken out of the net. Two tuna fish hanging on the boat.
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