A U.S. Navy training film about the usage and importance of DDT (Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane) as a disinfectant in the United States. DDT being sprayed on a man's hair and beard. A man sprays DDT powder under a pile of sacks and on a wooden frame. Another man sprays DDT at the base of a platform with containers placed on it.
A U.S. Navy training film about operating a wound in the eye of an American soldier during World War II. A soldier with an eye injury being operated upon. Doctor performs ocular enucleation on the eye. Speculum being inserted into the eye. Extraocular muscles being picked up and cut. Various rectus being cut like the inferior, superior and lateral. Scissors being used to cut a part and considerable hemorrhage occurs. Suture being passed in circular manner. A sphere of glass being implanted to muscle as a base. Suture being tied and conjunctival wound is sutured. Dressing being applied on the eye.
Views of the first Nike-Hercules missile unit placed in operational service in Taiwan. Chinese soldiers install fins on the missile. Commander-in-Chief of Chinese Army, General Lo Lieh on an inspection tour of the base. A Chinese officer briefs the General during the tour. Four Nike-Hercules missiles seen on launch pad. Missiles being raised to firing position.
First Nike-Hercules missile service by Chinese Army in Taiwan. Nike-Hercules missile being raised into firing position at a base in Taiwan. Chinese troops within an enclosed area.
U.S. Army Major Achille C. Tisdell testifies before a military tribunal in Manila, Phillipines during the trial of Japanese Army General Masaharu Homma for World War II crimes. Major Tisdell, aide-de-camp to Commanding General of the American forces in Luzon Major General Edward King, is asked about a base hospital. He says that injured American soldiers were taken care of. He also says that enough ration was available for American troops in Bataan. He testifies that Major General Edward King was taken from Camp O'Donell to a camp at Tarlac. A member of the tribunal asks about the time when the order of the surrender was issued. Tisdell replies that he does not remember the exact time. He also talks about December 1941 when he worked in an artillery section in Manila. A woman at a typewriter as Major Tisdell testifies.
U.S. Air Force Aviation Cadets are seen relaxing at an airman's club on Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. One, a Cadet Colonel, is seated, reading a book. Another converses with an airman. Another cadet, accompanied by a woman airman, enters and introduces her to the others. Closeup of the cadet reading on the couch. The two cadets and two airmen are chatting amicably. The cadet, who arrived with the woman airman, leaves with her. Two more women airmen arrive and then leave with the other cadet and airman, as couples. Another woman airman arrives and joins the remaining cadet. They converse .
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