- Title: VM-1047
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE: "NURSES IN THE ARMY" "OBSOLETE FILM". THE WORK OF THE ARMY NURSES OVERSEAS. ALSO WHAT SHE THINKS & FEELS & HOW SHE SPENDS HER LEISURE TIME.
- Description:01:00:50 - NARRATOR TELLS THE STORY OF THE ARMY NURSE DURING PEACETIME. HER WORK AND HOW SHE SPENDS LEISURE TIME IN KOREA AND ELSEWHERE. 01:01:43 - MS- AN ELDERLY KOREAN MAN AND WOMAN RIDE IN CART PULLED BY AN OX AND ROLLING ON ARMY TIRES. 01:01:53 - MS- A NURSE TENDING A WOUNDED GI LOOKS OUT THE FIELD HOSPITAL DOOR AND WONDERS AS SHE NARRATES. 01:02:18 - MS- 2 WHITE AND 1 BLACK ARMY NURSES ARRIVE AND ARE GIVEN A RIDE IN A ARMY AMBULANCE TO THE FIELD HOSPITAL. THEY ARE EACH GIVEN A FOLDER AND ASSIGNED BY AN ARMY NURSE IN CHARGE. 01:02:43 - CU- NURSES PUT ON HEAVY ARMY BOOTS FOR THE COLD WEATHER IN KOREA. ONE HELPS THE OTHER LACE IT UP. MS- THEY PUT ON HEAVY FUR HATS AND COATS 01:03:24 - MS- NURSE TAKES PULSE OF GI LAYING IN BED. 01:04:11 - MS- NURSE HANDS SCALPEL AND OTHER TOOLS TO DOCTORS IN AN OPERATING ROOM. 01:04:45 - CU- BLURRY CLOUD TURNS INTO THE SMILING FACE OF A NURSE AS SEEN BY A GI COMING TO AFTER AN OPERATION. IT IS THE FIRST FACE HE SEES. 01:05:03 - MS- NURSE ADJUSTS THE BOTTLE OF FLUIDS GOING INTO THE ARM OF A PATIENT. IV BOTTLE 01:05:20 - MS- A U.S. ARMY NURSE ASSISTS A KOREAN NURSE ATTEND TO A LEG OF PATIENT HANGING IN A SLING 01:05:53 - MS- NURSE TEACHES A MALE MEDIC HOW TO TAKE BLOOD PRESSURE FROM A GI IN BED. 01:06:17 - MS- ARMY NURSE TEACHES A GROUP OF KOREAN NURSES THROUGH A KOREAN NURSE INTERPRETER IN CLASSROOM. 01:06:36 - MS- 2 ARMY NURSES PLAY PING PONG. 01:07:17 - MS- 3 ARMY SIGHTSEEING NURSES VISIT THE CHIANG DUK PALACE IN SEOUL, KOREA. 01:07:54 - MS- U.S. NURSES HELP KOREAN NURSES FEED A CROWD OF KIDS IN AN OUTDOOR SOUP KITCHEN. MS- KIDS SIP SOUP FROM THEIR BOWLS 01:08:32 - MS- OFF-DUTY NURSES MINGLE WITH JAPANESE WOMAN SHOPPING AND WALKING AMID THE POPULACE. MS- THEY TAKE FILM OF SWAN IN A POND, AND ONE OF THEM TEEING OFF WITH GOLF CLUB IN A PARK. 01:09:54 - LS- THE HUGE TOKYO ARMY HOSPITAL. MS- COLONEL JOHN KIRKPATRICK, COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE HOSPITAL, EXPLAINS IT'S MISSION. 01:10:55 - MS- A CHARGE NURSE EXPLAINS DUTIES TO A KOREAN NURSE AT THE HOSPITAL. 01:11:24 - CU- NURSE FILLS NEEDLE WITH MEDICINE SHE DRAWS FROM A SMALL STERILE BOTTLE. MS- 2 NURSES WEAR MASKS AS THEY DRESS A FOOT WOUND. OTHERS SERVE PREPARED DOSES OF MEDICATION TO THE PATIENT. 01:12:25 - MS- NURSE STANDS BY AS ATTENDANTS HELP A PATIENT PUT HIS FOOT INTO A WIRLPOOL BATH. 01:13:11 - MS- GI WITH TATTOO OF GEISHA GIRL ON HIS ARM IS GIVEN PHYSICAL THERAPY ON HIS 2 ARMS BY A NURSE. MS- NURSE WATCHES AS A MALE THERAPIST SLOWLY MOVES A GI'S FOOT FROM SIDE TO SIDE. 01:13:35 - MS- A NURSE HANDS A NEWBORN BABY TO WIFE OF GI PROPPED UP IN HER BED AT THE TOKYO HOSPITAL. NURSE FEEDS A BABY IN A HIGH CHAIR. ANOTHER GIVES A LITTLE GIRL A DOSE OF MEDICINE FROM A SPOON 01:14:08 - MS- ARMY NURSE CHANGES DIAPER ON BLACK CHILD. 01:14:20 - MS- NURSE AT HOME WRITES A LETTER HOME ON HER TYPWRITER. MS- ANOTHER PLAYS CARDS WITH OTHER COUPLES. 01:14:54 - LS- HUGE ARMY HOSPITAL IN HAWAII AND NURSES QUARTERS BUILDING. 01:15:17 - MS- OPERATION IN PROGRESS AT THE HAWAII HOSPITAL CU- NURSE IN MASK ATTENDS PATIENT DURING PROCEDURE. MS- NURSE SPEAKS TO PATIENT IN IRON LUNG. 01:15:46 - MS- NURSE MECHANICALLY LOWERS A PATIENT INTO A WIRLPOOL BATH AS HE LIES PRONE. ANOTHER NURSE GUIDES A GI WALKING WITH HIS CRUTCHERS. 01:16:45 - CU- AN INFANT BOY SMILES AS A NURSE GENTLY COMBS HIS HAIR. 01:17:04 - MS- NURSES EXCHANGE IDEAS AT A CONFERENCE TABLE. 01:17:30 - MS- OFF-DUTY NURSES GO SIGHT SEEING IN CONVERTIBLE WITH OFF DUTY GIS. 01:18:12 - MS- ARMY NURSE CARRIES HER 2 SUITCASES AS SHE ARRIVES IN GERMANY. SHE IS MET BY ANOTHER AT THE STATION THEY SALUTE AND MOVE ON FOLLOWED BY GI CARRYING HER LUGGAGE. 01:18:51 - MS- THE NEW NURSE ARRIVES AT ARMY HOSPITAL IN GERMAN AND IS GREETED WITH A SALUTE BY THE HEAD NURSE. MS- SHE TOURS THE PHYSICAL THERAPY WARD WITH OTHER NURSES. 01:19:25 - A GI ON A FLOOR MAT LIFTS LIGHT WEIGHTS WHILE OTHER USE VARIOUS TYPES OF EQUIPMENT. 01:19:55 - MS- A GI WORKS ON A WEAVING MACHINE DESIGNED TO USE BODY AND MIND THERAPEUTICALLY. MS- A PATIENT PAINTS A BEAUTIFUL SCENE ON GLASS. 01:20:19 - MS- THE NEW NURSE VISITS A PEDIATRIC WARD WITH CHILDREN PATIENTS PLAYING WITH DOLLS AND GAMES. MS- NURSE WITH MASK FEEDS INCUBATOR INFANT A BABY BOTTLE AS GI FATHER WATCHES THROUGH GLASS 01:21:09 - CU- TINY FINGERS HOLD THE NURSES LARGER FINGERS 01:21:15 - CU- GI'S HAND IN A WIRLPOOL BATH FLEXES HIS FINGERS. CU- NURSES HAND GENTLY MASAGES A GI'S ARM AND CHEST. 01:21:50 - CU- A FOOD TRAY IS CHECKED FOR ITS TASTE AND APPEARANCE BY A DIETICIAN 01:22:13 - MS- AN ATTENDANT HELPS A NURSE PREPARE FOR THE OPERATING ROOM. MS- 2 SURGEONS SCRUB AT SINKS. 01:22:29 - MS- THE CEILING AND THE LARGE LIGHTS AS SEEN BY PATIENT BEING ROLLED INTO THE OPERATING ROOM. CU- THE MASKED FACES OF 2 SURGEONS LOOKING AT HIM APPEAR FOLLOWED BY A FACE COVERING ANAESTHESIA MASK 01:23:10 - CU- NURSES HAND HANDING THE SURGEONS HAND AN INSTRUMENT. 01:23:49 - CU- THE NEW NURSE BROWSES THROUGH A BOOK OF PHOTOS CONTAINING SCENIC PLACES IN GERMANY TO VISIT WITH HER ROOMMATE INCLUDING HEIDELBERG 01:24:11 - MONTAGE- THE 2 NURSES AND BOY FRIENDS VISIT PLACES OF INTEREST IN HEIDELBERG INCLUDING THE SHOPPING CENTER IN THE CITY. 01:25:00 - MS- THE NURSES TAKE A COURSE IN ANAESTHESIOLOGY AT THE NEUBRUCKE ARMY HOSPITAL. MS- NURSE-TEACHER REMOVES A BRAIN FROM A PLASTIC MODEL OF THE HUMAN ANATOMY TO SHOW THE STUDENTS. ALL NEW EQUIPMENT IS SHOWN TO THE STUDENTS.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1954
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-1047