A training film based on U.S. soldiers being treated for exposure to phosgene gas during World War II. Soldiers start to move after resting for a while on a field in the United States. A soldier forgets his gas mask. A group of soldiers marches. The soldier who forgot his mask becomes stricken with symptoms gradually. He falls down and is assisted by a medic. The soldier is placed on a litter and is evacuated to a nearby aid station. The soldier's clothing is loosened to facilitate breathing and he is given hot drinks. He is removed on a litter and checked out as a litter case.
A World War II chemical warfare training film based on U.S. soldiers being treated for exposure to white phosphorous particles during a war. Soldiers run away as a white phosphorous bomb explodes in the United States. The soldiers in a ditch try to remove phosphorous particles from their bodies. Severely wounded soldiers are evacuated. Bandages from a soldier's body are removed at a battalion aid station. Copper sulphate and tannic acid solutions are used on phosphorous burns. The soldiers march.
Unemployed African American citizens in America during the Great Depression. Close up views of many idle, sad, and dejected African American men and women out of work, in lines, during the depression. A man looks at a bulletin board of an employment agency at 165 W 131st St in New York City. African American men and women stand in a bread line or food relief or unemployment line in United States. They get jobs through Works Progress Administration. African Americans working at factories, in classroom teaching, in offices typing, as an accordion musician, as a painter in a studio, as a bricklayer, and in an industrial kitchen. Views of smiling, happy African American workers, both men and women.
Harry S. Truman takes oath at office of United States President. Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone swears him as the President. He traces the rise of Truman to the highest office of the country, his birth place, life as a soldier and service during World War I and II. Election as Senator and Vice President to Franklin D. Roosevelt. Inaugural address to the congress and role during the World War II.
A map of United States with 200 weather bureaus marked on it. Men assemble weather data at weather bureau. A young boy looks at the process. Symbols used to convey weather conditions. Information plotted on a blank base map. Weather data entered against each station. Isobars and Thermo bars plotted onto the map which is used to forecast weather conditions.
Congress men watch a boxing match between two men during a Congressional tour of inspection in United States. One man declared winner in the end.
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