- Title: F-1817
- Summary: RED CROSS CALL TO ACTION: TRAINS, CRASH, FLOODS, RUNNING WATER, FIRE ENGINES, CROWDS, NURSE TEACHING CLASS (TAKING TEMPS, ETC.) RED CROSS VOLUNTEERS IN CHINA, TOKYO, JAPAN, PACIFIC OCEAN, GERMANY. BLIND BOWLER.
- Description:00:21:27 - HS, MS EXPRESS TRAIN SPEEDING. PASSING RAILROAD CROSSING 00:21:38 - INTERIOR TRAIN, PORTER LIGHTS PASSENGER'S CIGARETTE. POV LOOKING OUT TRAIN WINDOW 00:21:49 - CU TRAIN TRACKS MOVING, SWITCHING. SWITCH NUMBER 16. TRAIN CRASH AUDIBLE 00:22:01 - SCENE OF TRAIN CRASH, 1946. AMERICAN RED CROSS EMERGENCY WORKERS CARRY TRAIN CRASH VICTIMS ON STRETCHERS. TRAIN WRECK 00:22:17 - URBAN NIGHT FIRE, FLASH FIRE. FIREMEN, EMERGENCY WORKERS, RED CROSS VOLUNTEERS. FIREMAN CARRIES VICTIM DOWN LADDER, CURIOUS ONLOOKERS WATCH. 00:22:39 - NAUTICAL STORM FLAGS BLOWING IN HURRICANE FORCE WINDS. 1946 STORM. NATURAL DISASTERS. VIOLENT FLASH FLOODS RAGING THROUGH TOWN, EMERGENCY WORKERS CARRY DISASTER VICTIMS ON STRETCHERS THROUGH FLOODED STREETS. 00:23:07 - INTERIOR RED CROSS EMERGENCY SHELTER. MS OLD MAN ON COT. NURSE TAKES LITTLE BOY'S TEMPERATURE. CU LITTLE GIRL TAKES DRINK OF WATER. 00:23:24 - RED CROSS DISASTER SERVICE WAREHOUSE. CRATES MARKED WITH RED CROSS SYMBOL. HUGE PILES OF BLANKETS, SUPPLIES. VOLUNTEER PACKS SWEATERS IN BOX. CU MEDICINES. PILLS. BORIC ACID OINTMENT. 00:23:43 - BLOOD BANK DONORS GIVING BLOOD. DR. READIES BLOOD FOR TRANSPORTATION. 00:24:01 - CU PILE OF RED CROSS POSTERS 00:24:04 - CONNECTICUT STATE TROOPERS LEARN FIRST AID. BANDAGING CAR ACCIDENT VICTIM'S HEAD. ARM IN SLING 00:24:10 - RED CROSS SWIMMING CPR CLASS. LINE OF WOMEN ON BLANKETS, OTHER WOMEN PUSH SOFTLY ON "VICTIM'S" BACK. 00:24:23 - CU PILE OF RED CROSS POSTERS. 00:24:26 - RED CROSS NURSES AIDS TRAINING IN HOSPITAL 00:24:33 - CU WOMAN TAKES ANOTHER'S TEMPERATURE 00:24:37 - CU SIGN "PRODUCTION CORPS WORK ROOM" INTERIOR, CHAPTER MEMBERS SEWING, MAKING CLOTHES. 00:24:48 - CU HANDS PACKING ROLLED UP TOWELS IN CRATE. 00:24:52 - CU STENCILING AMERICAN RED CROSS, CONTENTS CLOTHING & MEDICAL SUPPLIES. FOR SHANGHAI, CHINA. 00:24:57 - SHANGHAI, CHINA CIRCA 1946. CHILDREN, FAMILIES RECEIVE DONATIONS FROM RED CROSS. VOLUNTEER HOLDS UP SHIRT TO CHILD FOR SIZE. CU PUTTING HAT ON BABY 00:25:18 - MONTAGE TOKYO, CIRCA 1946. TRAFFIC POLICEMAN. TROLLEY STREET CAR. 00:25:26 - AMERICAN RED CROSS BANKER'S CLUB, TOKYO. SOLDIERS EATING COFFEE & DOUGHNUTS. READING NEWSPAPERS, SMOKING CIGARETTES. 00:25:37 - LOW ANGLE, PALM TREES, PACIFIC ISLAND 00:25:40 - RED CROSS WORKER IN THE PACIFIC WITH SOLDIERS, OPENS BOTTLE OF SODA POP. SOLDIERS RELAX ON THE BEACH. SWIMMING, SURFING. RIDING WAVES. 00:25:55 - POST WWII WORLD WAR TWO, RED CROSS CLUB. AMERICAN SOLDIERS, RELAX, READ, WRITE LETTERS. 00:26:08 - CU SIGN "RED CROSS FIELD DIRECTOR". INTERIOR, RED CROSS FIELD DIRECTOR COUNCILS A SOLDIER. 00:26:20 - IN AMERICAN, RED CROSS SOCIAL WORKER TALKS TO WOMAN HOLDING SMALL BABY. FILLING OUT PAPERWORK. 00:26:33 - RED CROSS HOME SERVICE PROGRAM, CU RED CROSS WORKER BRINGS VETERAN'S APPLICATION FOR PENSION OR COMPENSATION. 00:26:49 - VETERAN'S HOSPITAL. RED CROSS WORKERS COMFORTING DISABLED SERVICEMEN. NURSE GIVES DISABLED VET A MASSAGE. NURSE SHAMPOOS DISABLED VET'S HAIR. PARALYZED VETERAN TURNS PAGES OF HIS BOOK WITH HIS ELBOW. 00:27:44 - BLIND VETERANS AT ARMY & NAVY HOSPITAL. CU SIGN "OLD FARMS CONVALESCENT HOSPITAL, US ARMY". RED CROSS WORKERS SERVE DANISH TO VETS PLAYING BRAILLE CHECKERS OR CHESS. 00:28:14 - BLIND VETERAN BOWLING. BLIND MAN BOWLING 00:28:33 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1946
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: F-1817