80-G-41985:  Lieutenant William D. Consolazio, USNR, one of the developers of process to make salt-water potable, shows reporters how it’s done.  The process, perfected at Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, takes about 45 minutes, through an experienced operator can do it in less than half an hour.  Equipment consists of four plastic processing bags, two of which contain plastic filters, but a two-bag method which is illustrated here.  The experiment took place in the Press Room at the Navy Department June 7, 1943.  The newspapermen are shown drinking the liquid which has just been produced from the sea water.     Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.  (2017/06/06)
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