- Title: F-1834
- Summary: NURSING BEGINS AT HOME: URGES CITIZENS TO TAKE HOME NURSING CLASSES SO THEY'LL KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH PATIENT UNTIL THE DOCTOR ARRIVES
- Description:00:32:22 - LS SHIP, BLIMP OVERHEAD. SOLDIERS ON SHIP. RETURNING FROM WAR. 00:32:35 - LOW ANGLE, FACTORY SMOKESTACKS, MANY MEN GOING INTO FACTORY. AUTOMOBILE ASSEMBLY LINE, FINISHED CARS ROLL OFF ASSEMBLY LINE 00:32:49 - 1940s SHOP, MANNEQUIN WAIST UP SITS BETWEEN MANNEQUIN LEGS IN SHOP DISPLAY. 1940s PHONE, TELEPHONE. CONSUMER PRODUCTS. 00:33:00 - SIGN "MEAT, ALL YOU WANT" HANGS IN BUTCHER SHOP WINDOW. BUTCHER SHOWS CUSTOMER PIECE OF MEAT, WEIGHS MEAT. CU STEAK. 00:33:12 - CUSTOMERS SHOP IN OLD-FASHIONED MARKET. MERCHANT STOCKS GOODS, JACK FROST SUGAR. POUND BLOCKS OF BUTTER. CU BASKET FULL OF FOOD. 00:33:31 - 1940s CARS ON HIGHWAY. 00:33:34 - 1940s CAR PULLS INTO GAS STATION. 00:33:41 - SHOP WINDOW DISPLAY, SILK NYLONS, HOSIERY. 00:33:45 - US ARMY HALLORAN GENERAL HOSPITAL, STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK. HOSPITAL EXTERIOR. 00:33:50 - MANY HOSPITAL BEDS. POST-WAR. DOCTOR EXAMINES PATIENT. VETS PLAY CARDS. 00:34:02 - EXTERIOR CIVILIAN HOSPITAL. 00:34:06 - PEOPLE IN CROWDED WAITING ROOM. MOTHER WITH SICK CHILD. NOT ENOUGH DOCTORS. 00:34:24 - CU SIGN ON DOOR: DOCTOR IS IN. DOOR OPENS INWARD. CROWDED GP WAITING ROOM. MAN SMOKING IN DOCTOR'S WAITING ROOM. OVERWORKED NURSE ON PHONE DISTRESSED. HANGS UP ONE PHONE, ANSWERS ANOTHER 00:34:50 - PARENTS LEAN OVER BOY SICK IN BED. MOTHER FEELS HIS FOREHEAD. FATHER PULLS WINDOW SHADE DOWN. MOTHER PULLS SHADE BACK UP. NERVOUS PARENTS. SISTER POURS HOT WATER OVER THERMOMETER TRYING TO HELP, BREAKS THERMOMETER. MOTHER PUSHES HER OUT OF THE ROOM. BOY SPILLING JUICE 00:35:31 - SURGEON GENERAL SPEAKS, SOF. URGES CITIZENS TO LEARN RUDIMENTARY FIRST AID SKILLS 00:36:14 - CU 1940s HOME NURSING COURSE POSTER 00:36:21 - WOMEN GOING INTO CHURCH TO TAKE HOME NURSING COURSE. FASHIONS CIRCA 1945 00:36:30 - RED CROSS FIRST AID INSTRUCTION CLASS. NURSE TEACHES HOME NURSING. THERMOMETER EXPLAINED. TEA KETTLE USED AS AN INHALER, ROLLS NEWSPAPER, MAKES FUNNEL, PUTS SHEET OVER IT FOR PATIENT TO BREATH. 00:37:12 - WOMEN FOLDING NEWSPAPERS INTO THE SHAPE OF SMALL WASTE BASKET FOR HOSPITAL ROOMS 00:37:25 - NURSE ROLLS UP STOCKING, USES AS PAD FOR ELBOW TO PREVENT BEDSORE ELBOW. 00:37:43 - HOME NURSES WATCH NURSE TAKING PULSE READING. 00:38:10 - NURSES FLUFFING PILLOWS BEHIND PATIENT. 00:38:29 - NURSE MOVES BED SHEETS OUT FROM UNDER PATIENT 00:38:43 - PATIENT EATS BREAKFAST IN BED. 00:38:57 - TWO NURSES LIFT PATIENT FLUFFING PILLOWS, WOMEN WATCH. 00:39:17 - MOTHER TAKES DAUGHTER'S TEMPERATURE. GIRL WITH THERMOMETER IN MOUTH. GIRL READING IN BED. MOTHER WRITES ON CHART. WOMAN WITH MEDICINE BOTTLE. 00:40:18 - DOCTOR WALKS UP TO HOUSE. RINGS DOORBELL, MOTHER ANSWERS THE DOOR, DOCTOR EXAMINES GIRL. DR. GIVES MOTHER APPROVING NOD AT HER CHARTS. 00:41:15 - MAN ENTERS HOSPITAL WARD, VISITING A PATIENT, TALKS TO THE CAMERA, URGES PEOPLE TO LEARN TO CARE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES BY TAKING HOME NURSING COURSE, NURSE & PATIENT CHIME IN "YOU'RE HELPING ME" 00:41:45 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1945
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: F-1834