The British Zone of Occupation in Germany, shortly after the end of World War II in Europe. Hamlin (Pied Piper town) near Hanover shows 15th century buildings. German people stroll along the streets.
Treatment for combat exhaustion cases among U.S. soldiers following combat in World War II. U.S. officers talk about operation plan of a hospital and speak about three sections including admission, treatment and rehabilitation. A patient undergoes a physical examination. A dental survey and necessary laboratory studies. Doctors seated at table to perform an intelligence tests and mental examination. Psychiatric and other personality tests and intelligence test are administered including Rorschach test and Kohs block design test. The doctors check the psychiatric and physical report of the patient by looking at an X-ray. Patients receive sleep therapy: A nurse and an army doctor give narcosis therapy (continuous sleep treatment), by administering barbituates that keep a patient asleep for 18-20 hours per day for several days. Insulin is used on "loss of weight" cases: Combat exhausted soldiers lying on beds and receiving insulin before breakfast by nurses to stimulate their appetite. A nurse checks the weight of a patient during treatment. A nurse checks the diet which will be given to the patients in a kitchen. A patient receives an electric shock therapy treatment. A doctor injects a medicine into a patient. The patients go through physical exercises to maintain physical fitness. The patients are reeducated to know the causes of diseases. (Note: Clips deals with treatment for Combat Exhaustion, also later termed Post-traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD.)
A U.S. Coast Guard report shows the 'story of a transport' depicting activities of Coast Guard troops and officers aboard USS Wakefield in the United States during World War II. Ships at a sea near port of the United States. Truck, supplies, aircraft and other equipment are lowered on to a ship by a crane. A sign board outside the office of a captain reads "US Coast Guard, Captain of Port". The captain and another officer work on a map at a table in his office. USS Wakefield anchored at the port. The U.S. flag on the ship. The ship is painted and cleaned. Bags of mail are loaded aboard the ship. Army officers in an office discuss at a table. Troops carrying luggage board the ship for transport to the war front. The ship is unanchored. It departs from New York harbor. Shadow of an airship on water. The ship underway at sea. A CG ( Coast Guard ) officer looks through binoculars. A crewman turns a wheel. Coast Guard troops and officers work in the ship's engine room and radio room.
View of the Serpentine Lake in Hyde Park in London, England. Londoners boating in the lake. Two Polish officers rest on benches near the Serpentine Lake. Children playing. The Serpentine Bridge in the background. People walk on the sidewalk. London crowd relaxing in the park. A crowd and American soldiers enter the park through marble arch gates. The Cumberland Hotel is seen. (World War II period).
Northwest of Linz, Austria, the Gramastetten Church (Marktstraße 1, 4201 Gramastetten, Austria) is seen with smoke and buildings on fire in foreground, in market area near the church. U.S. Army forces battle against German forces in the Gramastetten market in the last days of World War II in Europe. Artillery shell bursts near the church. Buildings including a school on fire in front of the church. Smoke and flames visible in buildings near the church. Smoke rises. Trees in woods in the foreground.
Activities of German pilots and generals in Europe during World War II. German Luftwaffe pilots gathered. A pilot holds a bouquet of flowers and a sign commending him for 100 missions against England, United Kingdom. A pilot receives an award from an officer. German Pilots engaged in pre-flight or post-flight briefings. German officer talks on a phone. Pilots stand beside a map and talk. They discuss about mission and battles at a fighter squadron headquarters. Next: German Chancellor Adolf Hitler at the Wolfsschanze (Wolf's Lair) Fuhrer's Headquarters (FHQ) for the eastern front near Rastenburg (now Ketrzyn Poland). He receives generals who fought at Kharkov, Russia, Soviet Union. Generals give a Nazi salute. Adolf Hitler decorates Schutzstaffel soldiers. Gen.Lt. Theobald Lieb is greeted and awarded by Hitler. Next, SS-Hpstuf. Léon Degrelle and SS-Gruf. Herbert Otto Gille are greeted by Hitler and receive decorations from him. Hitler and officers, including the award recipients, seated at a conference table talking.
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