Activities of U.S. Army 4th Armored Division in the damaged city of Worms in Germany during World War II. U.S. soldiers sitting in a tank move along the streets. German civilians on the streets. Trucks loaded with U.S. soldiers move along the streets of the city.
Treatment for combat exhaustion cases among U.S. soldiers following combat in World War II. U.S. officers talk about operation plan of a hospital and speak about three sections including admission, treatment and rehabilitation. A patient undergoes a physical examination. A dental survey and necessary laboratory studies. Doctors seated at table to perform an intelligence tests and mental examination. Psychiatric and other personality tests and intelligence test are administered including Rorschach test and Kohs block design test. The doctors check the psychiatric and physical report of the patient by looking at an X-ray. Patients receive sleep therapy: A nurse and an army doctor give narcosis therapy (continuous sleep treatment), by administering barbituates that keep a patient asleep for 18-20 hours per day for several days. Insulin is used on "loss of weight" cases: Combat exhausted soldiers lying on beds and receiving insulin before breakfast by nurses to stimulate their appetite. A nurse checks the weight of a patient during treatment. A nurse checks the diet which will be given to the patients in a kitchen. A patient receives an electric shock therapy treatment. A doctor injects a medicine into a patient. The patients go through physical exercises to maintain physical fitness. The patients are reeducated to know the causes of diseases. (Note: Clips deals with treatment for Combat Exhaustion, also later termed Post-traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD.)
A U.S. Coast Guard report shows the 'story of a transport' depicting activities of Coast Guard troops and officers aboard USS Wakefield in the United States during World War II. Ships at a sea near port of the United States. Truck, supplies, aircraft and other equipment are lowered on to a ship by a crane. A sign board outside the office of a captain reads "US Coast Guard, Captain of Port". The captain and another officer work on a map at a table in his office. USS Wakefield anchored at the port. The U.S. flag on the ship. The ship is painted and cleaned. Bags of mail are loaded aboard the ship. Army officers in an office discuss at a table. Troops carrying luggage board the ship for transport to the war front. The ship is unanchored. It departs from New York harbor. Shadow of an airship on water. The ship underway at sea. A CG ( Coast Guard ) officer looks through binoculars. A crewman turns a wheel. Coast Guard troops and officers work in the ship's engine room and radio room.
Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion arrives in Washington DC, United States for a visit. An Israeli airplane taxis in front of the U.S. Military Air Transport Service Terminal, Washington; located at Washington National Airport in Arlington Virginia. David Ben-Gurion is on a visit to the U.S. during which he will enlist American aid for Israel bond drive. Citizens stand behind railings guarded by security guards. The Prime Minister disembarks from the airplane. He is greeted by U.S. officials.
First scenes of clip show United States Military Police (MP) processing German prisoners of war (POW) during World War 2. German prisoners load into a U.S. Army truck under supervision of several MP, in cold winter weather conditions with snow on the ground. Next scene shows German prisoners of war enter a holding area in a large field under MP supervision. Scene changes to Korean War and activities of U.S. 8th Army Military Police. U.S. Army Military Police (MPs) and Korean or Chinese prisoners of war (POW) standing. The POWs board a truck. They are led by MPs. The POWs enter a camp area in a line. An MP frisks a prisoner. Prisoner of War documents being completed by an MP. Prisoner being fingerprinted. Elevated views of mass of prisoners running quickly into large column formation with Military Police watching at the head of the column. Prisoners standing on a road in groups. The MPs stand beside them. They check the identities of the prisoners. The prisoners are being searched by the MPs. Korean civilian refugee families fleeing an area. A young Korean child on a bicycle that is also laden with many belongings as a family evacuates. Families pulling open carts with Korean children laying on the carts bundled in blankets.
Training of U.S. Army Military Police in Fort Gordon, Georgia, United States. Military Police trainees enter a building with sign reading : 'Department of Specialized Instruction, Lie Detector Committee'. Use of Lie Detector polygraph machine is demonstrated. Two MP Officers examine a crime scene in the dark, using flash light and a camera on a tripod. An MP examines broken security screen on the window of a building. An MP listens as a woman gives a statement.
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