Reenactment of treatment for combat exhaustion cases among World War 2 U.S. soldiers. A vehicle of a medical unit arrives at a field hospital carrying a combat exahusted soldier at an aid station. Medical personnel soldiers carry the agitated, traumatized soldier from the vehicle to the tent of the aid station while he yells. Soldiers lay the traumatized soldier on a stretcher. They give medicine to him. They carry his stretcher away. They give soup to another soldier. An exhausted soldier comes into the tent for treatment. He takes off his bag. A medic asks the soldier his problem. He suggests that he take rest and eat food. The medic gives him medicine. The soldier picks his bags and move out with the medics who are holding a blanket and soup for the soldier. Another exhausted soldier arrives for treatment. A Red Cross soldier examines his hand. The injured soldier goes to sleep. (Note: Clips deals with treatment for Combat Exahaustion, also later termed Post-traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD)
Reenactment of handling and treatment for U.S. Army World War 2 soldiers suffering combat exhaustion. A soldier gives answers to a psychiatric officer. The psychiatric officer tries to detect signs of combat exhaustion (modern equivalent Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD) like lack of physical coordination, slowing mental processes, excessive reaction off noise and inability to rest. Soldiers adjust position of artillery. The soldiers are directed to take proper meals and get sound sleep to prevent combat exhaustion and fight stress.
Trade unions in a building in Hamburg, Germany. At an outdoor ceremony Colonel Armetage, British Military Government, restores free trade unions and union buildings for the people of Hamburg. Paul Bebert, formerly a prisoner in a World War 2 Nazi concentration camp, speaks to a crowd and then mounts a scaffold and with a hammer and a chisel destroys a swastika on the facade of a building.
Fire fighting aboard a U.S. Landing Ship Tank (LST) in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War 2. Crewmen load handy-billies, axes & other fire fighting equipment from ATL-114 to LC(FF)-370. LST-1170 on fire due to a Japanese kamikaze suicide attack. Many small boats surrounding the LST try to douse the fire using fire hoses. Men pass cans of foamite up towards fire fighting foamite generator. On the bridge of the LC (FF) an officer directs the fire fighting. A hose with a fog nozzle attached to it is passed across to assist fire fighting crew. Foam generator nozzle pours foam down a ventilator. Fire damage on the boat deck of the LST.
German prisoners aboard USS Wakefield in the Atlantic Ocean during World War 2. A Coast Guard enlisted man in foul-weather gear and a white hat shows two POWs ( Prisoners of War ) how to make an eye splice at the end of a rope. Young German prisoner of war works on his eye splice technique as the Coast Guard sailor teaches him. Several POWs , some older and some younger, look as a Coast Guard man shows them how to splice rope. Several prisoners leaning against the railing of the ship. German officers including army, navy, and Luftwaffe officers walk on the deck.
A large number of passengers aboard the ocean liner SS Manhattan (later USS Wakefield) in the United States. Scene from January 10,1938 as the USS Manhattan returns from her Europe trip. A large number of passengers aboard the ship. U.S. Ambassador to Nazi Germany, William E. Dodd, is interviewed by media persons about his Europe trip. He declares that living in Europe at the time is discouraging and there is crisis in Europe as German Nazism and Fascism are gaining ground everywhere. In next shot, from 1939, the ship is underway and arriving at New York Harbor on September 30, 1939, carrying 1837 persons, its largest passenger count ever. The passengers include many Americans from overseas fleeing war-torn Europe early in World War 2. A sign on the ship: 'Manhattan United States Lines'. The passengers in mass numbers at a harbor. The Statue of Liberty in the background.
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