Several American warships at anchor. U.S. flag on stern of one ship. Troops marshalled on dock and boarding a ship. Troops get off a truck. Troops line the railings aboard a ship at the pier. They wave as the troop ship pulls away. Seaside Navy recruiting station registers men with sign on a table reading: 'Recruiting to war strength'. Six American battleships steam away in a line.
1940's vintage educational film on raising healthy and happy children in the United States. Teenage girl and boy, in bathing suits, paddling a canoe in canal. The boy paddles the towards the bank of canal and they both climb out and watch another couple in canoe pass. Young children play with a dog in the garden. A young boy holds a ball. A woman breast feeds her child. Baby lies on his stomach. Baby in the mother's lap. Baby jumps on a bed. Toddler of four years old in garden, plays and stand by walker. Babies by the chair and table. More children in the garden. Babies smile. Children of seven, eight, and nine years old play. Healthy young children. A young girl climbs up a pole. A boy in shorts hoists himself on a pullup bar.
Women and children collect vegetables. A man with eggs walks out of a barn with a young girl. Examples of recommended food servings and healthy diet for growing children, per Department of Foods and Nutrition of the New York State College of Home Economics. Milk poured in a glass. Orange squeezed for juice. Woman cuts cabbage, potatoes, vegetables in a vintage 1940's kitchen. Dry beans in glass bottles. Woman cuts meat into pieces, spreads butter on bread. Fruits in a plate. Woman prepares food and fries bacon. Teenage boys and girls in bathing suits walk along a dirt path. A young man throws a discus. Teenage boys and girls on tennis court play tennis. The girls wear tennis skirt outfits and the boys wear only shirts and are shirtless. Two teenage youth wrestle. Men shovel hay. U.S. Army Air Corps pilots confer and then board Curtiss P-36 Hawk military airplanes at airfield. They take off and fly the P-36 aircraft.
Fashion show presented in the guise of newly weds embarking on the liner SS United States for a honeymoon. The husband helps his bride remove her coat. They kiss each other and drink. They host a cocktail party. A model (ostensibly a Bridesmaid) and other "bridesmaids" join the couple and model fashions from the Bride's trousseau. The fashions are by designer Carol King and were first seen when worn by actress Janet Leigh in the motion picture, "Walking my Baby back Home."
Announcer introduces the guest for the television program. William Bradford Huie and Donald I Rogers talk with General Lemuel C Shepherd, Junior, Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps on the effectiveness of the helicopter and armored vests in Korean War.
William Bradford Huie and Donald I Rogers talk with General Lemuel C Shepherd, Junior, Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps on comparison of North Korean troops and the Marine Corps during the Korean War. General Lemuel further talks about air support and casualties during war.
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