- Title: VM-1017
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:01:00:36 - "BLOOD & BULLETS" 01:00:44 - NARRATOR TELLS OF THE UNARMED COMBAT MEDICAL MEN, HIS BRAVERY UNDER FIRE AND HIS IMPORTANT PART IN THE WAR. HE ALSO TELLS OF THE NEED AND USE OF BLOOD 01:07:11 - THE STORY OF BLOOD IN KOREA - MS- A GI IS HIT AS HE CHARGES. MONTAGE- MEDICS CARRYING WOUNDED ON STRETCHERS AND ONTO HELICOPTERS AND TRUCKS. 01:08:20 - LS- A WOUNDED GI IS MOVED ON A STRETCHER DOWN A HILL ON A CABLE SET UP. ANOTHER IS HELPED DOWN A SHEER CLIFF WITH 3 MEN USING MOUNTAIN TRAINING METHODS. 01:08:58 - MONTAGE- 4 MEDICS CARRY WOUNDED ON STRETCHERS, THROUGH ALL KINDS OF TERRAIN. MS- A WOUNDED IS CARRIED ON HIS BUDDY'S SHOULDER LIKE A CHILD. 01:09:32 - MS- A MEDIC HOLDS A BOTTLE OF BLOOD PLASMA AS ANOTHER INJECTS IT INTO THE ARM OF A FALLEN GI. 01:09:45 - MS- AS THE WOUNDED IS CARRIED ON A STRETCHER BY 4 MEDICS ANOTHER WALKS ALONG HOLDING THE PLASMA HIGH AS THEY TAKE HIM TO A WAITING LIGHT PLANE. 01:10:27 - MS- MEDICS STRAP A WOUNDED TO THE LANDING GEAR OF A HELICOPTER ESPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR THIS PURPOSE WHEN THE CHOPPER LANDS AN AMBULANCE IS WAITING. 01:11:49 - MS- THE AMBULANCE TAKES THE WOUNDED TO A MOBILE SURGICAL HOSPITAL UNIT WHERE THE SURGEONS ARE WAITING TO OPERATE. 01:12:06 - MS- NURSE APPLIES ANESTHESIA. CU- A BOTTLE OF WHOLE BLOOD IS GIVEN 01:12:23 - MONTAGE- VOLUNTEERS GIVING BLOOD BY CIVILIANS AND GIS. MONTAGE- BLOOD FLOWING INTO PINT BOTTLES. 01:13:13 - MS- LINE OF GIS WAITING ON LINE TO GIVE BLOOD. PAN OF PEOPLE ON COTS AND NURSES AT THEIR SIDES. 01:13:52 - CU- GIS SIT AT LONG TABLE WITH THERMOMETERS IN THEIR MOUTHS. A GI HAS HIS BLOOD PRESSURE TAKEN CU- A PIN PRICK TO DRAW BLOOD FOR A TEST. 01:14:29 - MS- AFTER MEDICAL EXAM THE GI GIVES BLOOD. CU-GI LAYING ON COT GIVING BLOOD. 01:15:14 - MS- A LAB TECHNICIAN HOLDS A TRAY OF TEST TUBES FILLED WITH BLOOD SAMPLES TAKEN FROM EACH PINT FOR TESTING. CU- A CENTRIFUGE SPINS THE TUBES. 01:16:09 - MS- BLOOD PINTS ARE PLACED IN A REFRIGERATOR. CU- THE PINTS ARE PLACED IN A TUB OF ICE FOR SHIPMENT. MS- RED CROSS WORKERS CARRY A CONTAINER WITH THE BLOOD TO AVAN AND THEN TO A PLANE. 01:17:48 - CU- A WOMAN LYING ON A COT GIVING BLOOD SMILES FOR THE CAMERA AS DOES A MAN WITH A HANDLEBAR MUSTACHE. 01:17:58 - CU- MAN'S OPENS AND CLOSES HIS FINGERS TO PUMP THE BLOOD FASTER.THE BOTTLE IS SHAKEN TO PREVENT CLOTTING. 01:19:04 - MS- A GI HOLDS UP THE BOTTLE OF BLOOD GOING INTO THE ARM OF A BUDDY AT THE BATTLEFIELD. 01:19:20 - MS- WOUNDED LAY IN BUNKS ON HOSPITAL SHIP AT SEA 01:20:05 - MS- PINNED DOWN GIS LIE ON GROUND AS SOME OF THEM PULL A WOUNDED BUDDY TO COVER. 01:20:51 - MS- COLONEL C.C. ARTHUR, PERSONAL PHYSICIAN OF GENERAL MACARTHUR IN JAPAN TALKS ABOUT BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS GIVEN TO THE WORSE CASES SENT TO JAPAN HOSPITAL FROM THE FRONT.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1952
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-1017