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Patient recuperate at a VA hospital, possibly Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital.
An organizational chart of the Veteran's Administration 'VA' show various divisions under a medical program to provide medical aid to veterans. Various divisions like neuropsychiatric division, tuberculosis division. Patients in beds as a nurse tends to them. Dentists examine patients' teeth. Cooks prepare food in the hospital cafeteria. Patients read books and newspapers in a library. A patient who has had his legs amputated is greeted by a nurse. Women patients in wheel chairs play a card game. Recreation outside the grounds of the hospital, possibly Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Patients play croquet on the lawn.
Students of Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, outside of Dayton, Ohio, take up jobs in science and engineering during World War II
Title Slate reads: "Science and Engineering." This is followed by World War II scenes of American industrial sites, including some dominated by smoke stacks and railroad connections. Men are seen walking at a major shipping port where ships are being loaded and unloaded by large cranes. Sign above one building reads:"Ford." Views inside that plant of ford automobiles being assembled. Mechanics climb a ladder to access a Douglas DC-3 transport plane parked outside a hangar. View of aircraft radial engines being worked on inside a manufacturing plant. young men working in a machine shop are described by narrator, as "Students." and notes that they are engaged in a work-study program that shifted toward the defense industry during World War 2. A member of the Antioch faculty is seen working with a student at a drafting table in a war plant. Closeup of an engine part design on the drafting table. Antioch student, Norman Lawson, works fabricating a giant searchlight for use in the war. He turns the light on to test it. Other students are seen working in a chemistry laboratory, using typical glass equipment and precise balances. A student is seen pouring molten material from a furnace into a crucible. Views of dials being adjusted and belt-driven machinery. A student operating a drill press in a machine shop. A glimpse of the Antioch College campus. A group of students engaged in discussions in their dormitory. Several first year students in a journalism class. Students in an accounting class. View of Antioch's Science building, donated by Charles Kettering (Head of Research at General Motors Corporation), who is pictured. Students conducting research in photosynthesis as well as physics and chemistry in the building. A student studying a book on philosophy.
U.S Army Lieutenant General Brehon Somervell urges all Americans to contribute to war effort during World War II.
U.S Army Lieutenant General Brehon Somervell gives radio address to all Americans early during World War 2. He cites the early defeats being suffered by America and its allies in the struggle against the Axis Powers worldwide. He emphasizes the importance of Americans devoting all their efforts to work for the war effort, and exhorts everyone to avoid anything in their civilian life and pursuits that might impede the Nation's war efforts. He states that if things go unchanged, it will be too late to save ourselves and America and civilization. He notes there is no room for any interest groups whose interests and actions might weaken America's war efforts. He appeals to all Americans to back up their fighting men.
Captain of U.S.Battleship reads orders. USS Arkansas steams under Brooklyn Bridge in NY
Crew is assembled in formation on deck of a U.S. Nevada Class battleship as the Captain reads his orders. Triple guns in turret are visible in foreground. In unrelated scene, likely viewed from the Brooklyn Bridge, in New York City, the USS Arkansas (BB-33) is being assisted by numerous tug boats as it makes its way out to sea. Final scene shows sailors feeding their pet goat (mascot) aboard a U.S. Naval vessel. (Ford Motor Company, 1923)
A soldier sounds alert after observing enemy aircraft in flight over an area during World War II.
A training film titled 'Baptism of Fire' about the enemy air attacks during World War II. Deals with themes of soldier nerves, fear, and combat stress. Enactment shows an American soldier in a jungle as he looks up at sky towards enemy aircraft in flight. The soldier reports to the command post over a field phone. The officers at the post sound an air raid alert. The soldier looks at the aircraft as they pass by the area and reports about all clear to the command post. The soldiers look up at the sky and talk about an enemy air attack. A sergeant asks for help from the soldiers. The soldiers push an ambulance out of a ditch. The sergeant checks the patients inside the ambulance. One of the soldiers named Jim sees his old friend in the ambulance. The injured friend with bandage on his eyes speaks to Jim. The sergeant informs Jim that his friend has gone blind.
Jim,a soldier being advised to forget his civilian life and family during World War II.
A training film about the fighting against the enemy during World Wear II. Deals with themes of soldier nerves, fear, and combat stress. The enactment shows an American convoy of trucks moving down a road. Soldiers in a truck as they lean their heads on rifles and go off to sleep. A soldier named Jim thinks about his friend who went blind during the war. Another soldier talks to Jim and speaks about mentally preparing himself for war. The convoy stops and soldiers get off the trucks to rest. Jim talks to another soldier and says how he misses his civilian life. He remembers his vacations before coming for the war. Jim with his girlfriend and his parents as they bid him goodbye. At the station Jim kisses his girlfriend and she cries. The soldier says to Jim that he has to fight with himself before fighting against the enemy. He advises him to forget his civilian life. The soldiers board the trucks and convoy starts out. Jim thinks of his parents and girlfriend. He decides to forget them and goes off to sleep.
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