A line of aircraft carriers at sea in the Pacific Theater. U.S. sailors stroll on deck of warship, in the sunshine. An American Destroyer, USS Flusser (DD-368) underway. United States naval officers consult a navigation chart aboard ship. An American sailor signals with semaphore flags. A U.S. warship in the North Atlantic. U.S. sailor (radioman) alerts all ships in a convoy to presence of a German surface raider, and gives its position as Longitude 23:45 West and Latitude 63:14 North (vicinity of Iceland). A British sailor (a Leading Telegraphist - radio operator) aboard a British warship, acknowledges " OK USA, OK USA, thank you very much." Ships in convoy seen. British Destroyer HMS Amazon (D39) launches depth charges. A Royal Navy Commander looks through binoculars. The British Destroyer HMS Anthony (H40) steams past. (World War II period).
A United States Army training film about use of different weapons by soldiers of the United States. Soldiers fire guns, artillery, mortar, rifles and machine guns. Players at a boxing ring and soldiers in a close fight in a field. Soldiers use weapon 'morning star'. Brass knuckles displayed. Short gun and use of French knife demonstrated. A soldier fires a gun. (World War II period).
In 1964, Professor Jose M.R. Delgado, of Yale University's School of Medicine, invented a device he called a stimoceiver. It was a chip that could alter the brain’s electrical impulses via radio signal. In tests sponsored by the U.S. Office of Naval Research, he implanted the device in the brain of a bull. This film opens shows that experiment and its results. A man in Cordova, Spain, opens a bull ring door to allow a fighting bull to enter. It charges a man holding a cape. Another man fires a dart to sedate the bull. Several men plant electrodes for a stimoceiver in the bull's brain. Next, the bull charges a man holding a cape, but pulls up short before hurting him. The bull chases the cape but never attacks the man as the man uses remote control to influence the animal's behavior. The bull charges around in a circle. Scene shifts to Dolley Madison Parkway (Route 123 in Mclean, Virginia, where sign points toward the CIA headquarters at Langley, Virginia. Narrator lists various techniques examined in the 60s and 70s, including brain surgery; psychosurgery; creation of amnesia; parapsychology; and manipulation of genes. Glimpse of some facilities at CIA headquarters. Change of scene to hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research on September 20, 1977. Chaired by Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the Committee sought information about these activities by the CIA. Narrator says witnesses had agreed to limit information they would provide the Subcommittee. Former narcotics officer Charles Siragusa is seen on camera admitting that the man he reported to at the CIA wanted him not to say anything. Former CIA chemist Robert V. Lashbrook is seen testifying that he has no knowledge about the CIA running safe houses. (Narrator states he ran one of them and that a "surprise LSD experiment" was conducted there.) Scene shifts to a California tennis court, where Dr. Sidney Gottlieb is playing doubles tennis, Narrator says he oversaw those activities at the CIA but destroyed all his records when he retired in 1973. View of a letter he wrote at that time, in which he states he and his colleagues had been able to maintain contact with the leading edge of chemical and biological developments in the field of biological and chemical control of human behavior. View of Dr. Gottlieb entering an ante room where he testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research without being filmed because of what his lawyer claimed were health and cardiac problems. View of him on the tennis courts as Narrator states he declined ABC News requests for an interview. Change of scene to George White who retired from the CIA and lives in Stinson Beach, California. View of Stinson Beach from high overlooking vantage point. People jogging on the beach. Narrator states that White wrote to Dr. Gottlieb summing up his career saying, "it was fun fun fun, and where else could a red-blooded American boy lie, kill, and cheat, steal, deceive, rape, and pillage, with the sanction and blessing of the All Highest." Narrator strolls on lawn near the U.S. Capitol building and says it appears doubtful that mind control has been achieved. But work, that we don't know very much about, is continuing in this field. He asks how deeply are the Russians and other dictatorships into this. He notes that the CIA is reluctant to give information about it (such as Project MKUltra) and he questions where such a program fits in a democracy. He notes that one person working on these projects told him there are capable, conscientious, and very capable scientists working for our country, and "their work speaks for itself."
Aircraft are used for different purposes in the United States. A U.S. Navy Loening amphibian aircraft in flight over a water body during tests performed prior to a U.S. Navy three year expedition to Alaska. The aircraft lowers its landing gear. By folding the wheels the ship is converted into a hydroplane. The Loening aircraft in flight. It raises its landing gear. It lands on water, taxis and rolls out of the water onto a beach.
Ship picketing in the United States. Egyptian ship 'Cleopatra' in a harbor in New York City, New York. Seamen picket Egyptian ship 'Cleopatra' in protest against Arab blacklisting of U.S. flag ships that touch Israeli ports. A man walks holding a board that reads 'Nasser's blacklist'. The board on his back reads 'Egyptian seamen you are welcome!'. Protests against the U.S. and counter boycott in Egypt. Protesters in a boat with a board protesting against the U.S.
The Battle of Okinawa. A wounded army photographer is evacuated. Men carry wounded man on stretcher. An infantryman shows wound on his head to his commanding officer. Tanks use flamethrower to fire enemy positions on ridge. Troopers use satchel charges to blast caves. Smoke rises from explosions. Tanks advance. Troops advance along mountain terrain after battle. Loudspeaker used by soldier on top of hill. Japanese soldiers surrender. They are interrogated. Civilians in field. (World War II period).
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