Children suffer with skin infections in Germany. A doctor examines the children with skin infections. The children lying on the beds in a hospital. A boy and a girl seated on stools. A crying baby laying in a bassinet or cradle. (World War 2 post-war)
In a U.S. Army documentary, an Army Sergeant walks on sidewalks of a typical 1950 small town in the rural United States -- Ottumwa, Iowa. Civilians on streets of the city. Various shops and 1940s and 1950s era automobiles. People from various walks of life talk to the Sergeant. The Sergeant recalls the town's ancestors entering America. The Des Moines river is shown with a small boat anchored at the end of a dock and men and boys fishing. Statue of Native American Indian Chief atop the Courthouse Building, Chief Wapello, whose tribe camped in the spot of the town years prior. The entrance of the library. Still images and drawings from the library depicting the town. Pictures of houses, shops and other buildings. People on the streets of Ottumwa. The Ottumwa Daily Courier newspaper headline announcing U.S. participation in World War I, "War Becomes Actuality." Images of members from Ottumwa's own Company G, 42nd Rainbow Division in WWI, including soldiers Arthur Menge, Charles Orman, Marlow Work. Views of WWI battle scenes. Oscar Nelson is remembered for heroism. WWI soldiers returning to American towns. Private Charles Orman 40 years later in Ottumwa. He enters a barber shop. Art Menge is also seen in the Barber shop. Aerial view of the city with many bridges, plants, factories, and homes visible. Cars and pedestrians on streets, The Ottumwa Bank, the Airport with a plane parked in front of the terminal, the Railroad train station with people waiting as a large sleek silver passenger train pulls up and arrives. The Hoffmann Drug store, the Ottumwa Hotel, The Ottumwa Daily Courier newspaper building, the Glover Motor Company, the Union Bank, and the Sunnyslope Sanitorium. Various homes and neighborhoods and 1950s automobiles. Governor Herschel Loveless, an Ottumwa native, at home with his wife. The home on Davis Street of the Miss Universe contest winner Carol Morris, and views of Ms. Morris in the pageant and receiving the winners crown in 1956.
Exhumation of Czech patriots, the victims of Nazi atrocities in World War 2, from Terezin (Theresienstadt Ghetto) and Karlovy Vary concentration camps in Czechoslovakia. German prisoners of war work in graves with shovels exhuming bodies of Czech patriots who were concentration camp victims. Dead bodies lifted on the litter by prisoners. Bodies taken for identification. Dead bodies kept on wooden platforms in a yard for doctors' identification.
Exterior of Goodyear Company synthetic rubber manufacturing buildings in Akron Ohio. Tanks and huge heaps of thousands of old rubber tires are seen at a rubber reclamation center on Goodyear property, for use in recycling for World War 2 war effort.
A film titled 'Interrogation of prisoners-rank, number' shows an American officer explaining the do's and don't s for prisoners of war during World War 2. An dramatized enactment shows British soldiers gambling, sharing photos of their 'girls' and then being instructed by officers about giving away only their name, rank and number in case of being captured by the enemy. Later, these British soldiers are shown being interrogated by a German officer after capture. Some ill trained troops give away valuable information to the enemy officer.
Doctor Thomas Parran, Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service speaks from a desk and advises Americans to eat a nutritious diet and to study the nutrition values of various foods available. He notes that war demands that we do not waste food. Women in a classroom learn about nutrition. Message on blackboard says: Protective Foods: Fruits, Vegetables, milk. Women taught how to prepare food with economy and about the ingredients of a balanced diet. Women are taught how to prepare food in an economical way that preserves nutrition. Women are taught about a balanced diet in which variety is essential. They are taught how to substitute various ingredients while some ingredients are unavailable due to wartime shortages during World War 2. Camera pans slowly across a poster with words and food pictures entitled "Foods that are the Principal Sources of the Food Constituents."
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