"Operation Firestop" at Camp Pendleton, California. A helicopter lands and personnel board the helicopter. Helicopter in flight. Helicopter hovers near fire truck as pilot picks up an end of a hose and unreels it, laying it out over a hillside. Accordian-folded cotton hose uncoiled from a tray below a helicopter, as firefighter holds the hose. Fire retarding chemicals being tested by rotating treated materials through flames, in a laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley. Field testing by spraying fire retardants on a grass field at Camp Pendleton, and then observing their efficacy when the field is set afire. Large group of firefighters on hill, participating in "Operation Firestop," watch a helicopter flying below them during tests. A truck laden with bags of chemicals, makes its way up a hill through brush.
Cactus plants being examined at the Apache Trail in Arizona. Two horticultural scientists move through the Apache Trail. Huge cactus plants in the foreground. The scientists examine a 261 year old cactus plant to preserve it. They take down notes.
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt on a picnic with Democrats at Jefferson Island, Maryland. Members of the Democratic Party prepare to play baseball. A baseball game underway. The Democrats gather around President Roosevelt as they laugh and greet the President. The Democrats walk down a pier after the picnic.
An orientation film about the American campaign against the Japanese in the South West Pacific during World War II. A map of the South West Pacific area depicts islands of New Britain and New Ireland as the chief objectives of the Americans. By taking over these islands the Japanese would be isolated in the area. But a strong defense zone around these islands proves to be the main deterrent. U.S. officers including U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur discuss the strategy to attack and isolate the Japanese in the South West Pacific region. Animated map of the region depicts American plan to capture the Admiralty Island by attacking the island of Manus and Los Negros to be followed by an attack in Madang in New Guinea. This would result in isolation of New Britain and New Ireland and weaken apanese position in the region.
Animation depicts the spread of malaria among soldiers fighting during World War II. Anopheles Annie speaks about how she managed to spread malaria in South Pacific, India and North Africa . A sign on a door reads ' Off limits'. A soldier reads a book titled ' Malaria Discipline'. Anopheles Annie bites a man and spreads malaria. Malaria control measures being adopted and Anopheles being killed. Patients suffering from malaria in beds. A graph shows the numbers of malaria cases. Anopheles Annie looks at pictures of Private Snafu. Anopheles attacks Snafu.
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.
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