- Title: VM-1073A
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:30:50 - "YOU & YOURS" A SALUTE TO THE RED CROSS, WITH A MESSAGE FROM GENERAL ALFRED M. GRUENTHER, ARC PRESIDENT. 00:30:50 - NARRATOR TELLS ABOUT THE AMERICAN RED CROSS AND THEIR WORK SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH ARMED FORCES FOR 8 DECADES OF WAR TIME TRAGEDY TO PEACETIME DISASTERS 00:31:45 - MS- BUST OF HENRI GENNARD, SWISS BUSINESSMAN, FOUNDED THE RED CROSS AND BROUGHT MERCY TO THE BATTLEFIELDS OF WAR. 00:31:56 - MONTAGE- COLONIAL AND BRITISH SOLDIERS FALL DURING ACTION IN REVOLUTIONARY WAR. A CAVALRY CHARGE IN THAT WAR. 00:32:14 - CU- PHOTO OF CLARA BARTON. MS- LARGE GROUP OF FEMALE RED CROSS WORKERS DURING WWI. 00:32:38 - MONTAGE- A CONVOY OF RED CROSS AMBULANCES RIDE THE BATTLE WORN STREETS IN FRANCE DURING WWI 00:32:54 - LS- FRENCH SOLDIERS HELP REMOVE WOUNDED, ON STRETCHERS, FROM THE AMBULANCES 00:33:08 - LS- AS THE PRIMATIVE WOODEN AMBULANCES PULL UP TO A HOSPITAL, A CROWD OF ATTENDANTS IN WHITE RUN OUT TO REMOVE THE WOUNDED. 00:33:36 - MS- A DOCTOR IN UNIFORM EXAMINES WOUNDED SOLDIER IN THE HOSPITAL 00:33:46 - MS- WOUNDED IN HOSPITAL BEDS CLOWN AROUND FOR THE CAMERA. MS- RED CROSS NURSE POSES WITH THE DOUGHBOYS. 00:34:06 - LS- NURSES MARCH DOWN BROADWAY FORMING A CROSS AT END OF WWI. NURSES MARCH CARRYING RED CROSS FLAGS 00:34:28 - LS- THE RED CROSS NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS BUILDING IN WASHINGTON, D.C. 00:34:43 - MS- RED CROSS WORKER SHOWS THE LITTLE DOUGHNUT WAGONS OF YEARS AGO 00:35:03 - MS- MRS. RICHARD NIXON AND WIVES OF SENATE COLLEAGUES WEARING RED CROSS HEAD PIECES, ROLL BANDAGES FOR THE RED CROSS. 00:35:15 - MS- A RED CROSS WORKER CUTS BANDAGES WITH A HAND HELD FABRIC CUTTER, AS OTHERS MAKE SURGICAL DRESSINGS BY HAND. 00:36:12 - MS- A GROUP OF WOMEN WATCH AS A GI DEMONSTRATES THE INTRACACIES OF FIELD COOKING AND SANITATION. 00:36:22 - LS- FLOODS INUNDATE AN INDUSTRIAL AREA, SUBURBAN HOMES AND TOWN BUSINESS AREAS. LS- PEOPLE SWIMMING IN THE STREETS. 00:37:04 - MS- A WOMAN HOLDS UP HER SLEEVE FOR A SHOT BY A RED CROSS MEDIC. A LITTLE GIRL DOES THE SAME MS- A LITTLE BOY CRIES AS HE IS GIVEN SHOT 00:37:45 - MS- A NURSE CHECKS A MAN'S BLOOD PRESSURE BEFORE HE GIVES BLOOD. 00:38:04 - MS- NURSE DRAWS BLOOD FROM A WOMAN AS SHE LIES DOWN ON A BED. MS- A BLACK MAN SQUEEZES A RUBBER OBJECT TO ACCELERATE THE FLOW OF BLOOD INTO A PINT JAR BY HIS BED. 00:38:46 - MS- 2 RED CROSS WORKERS CARRY A LARGE CHEST OF BLOOD PINTS TO A WAITING BLOODMOBILE. 00:39:12 - MS- 3 MEN HOLD A FIRE HOSE ON A BLAZING INFERNO THEY FEEL THE HEAT AS THEY HOLD THE HOSE 00:39:43 - MS- A LARGE CONTAINER OF WHOLE BLOOD IS LOADED ONTO A PLANE FOR DELIVERY TO THE DISASTER AREA. 00:40:10 - MS- A NURSE AND A DOCTOR ADMINISTER A PLASMA TRANSFUSION TO A LITTLE GIRL COVERED IN BANDAGES IN HOSPITAL BED. 00:40:25 - MS- A LITTLE CHILD WITH BANDAGES ON IT'S HEAD AND FACE IS GENTLY LAYED DOWN IN A BED 00:41:30 - MONTAGE- REFUGEES IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY WAIT AROUND FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE RED CROSS 00:42:06 - MS- A YOUNG FEMALE RED CROSS WORKER SERVES GIS COFFEE AND FREE STATIONERY AT A TRAIN STOP. 00:43:00 - MONTAGE- RED CROSS WORKERS PLAY GAMES AND WRITE LETTERS FOR CONVALESCENT GIS IN A HOSPITAL 00:43:10 - MS- RED CROSS WORKERS CHEER ON GIS AT A WATERMELON EATING CONTEST WITH THE GI'S HANDS HELD BEHIND THEIR BACKS AS THEY BITE INTO THE MELONS 00:44:00 - MS- A RED CROSS WORKER WEARS A PAPER MUSTACHE AS SHE PLAYS AN ACORDIAN AS 4 OTHER GIRLS SING WHILE WEARING MUSTACHES AND PAPER TOP HATS. 00:44:31 - MS- AT A RED CROSS BRIDE'S SCHOOL IN JAPAN, NURSES TEACH JAPANESE WOMEN HOME NURSING AND HOUSE KEEPING. 00:45:00 - MS- A JAPANESE WOMAN PULLS 2 CAKES OUT OF AN OVEN MS- JAPANESE WOMEN LEARN TO MAKE A BED 00:48:23 - MS- A BABY CRYING IN A CRIB. 00:50:51 - MS- RED CROSS WORKER ASSISTS AN OLD VET IN A VETERAN'S HOSPITAL. 00:51:35 - MS- RED CROSS VOLUNTEERS WRAP SMALL GIFTS FOR TO BRIGHTEN THE DAY OF A BEDRIDDEN PATIENT 00:51:46 - MS- A TRAINED SOCIAL WORKER SPEAKS TO A BLACK GI AND HIS WIFE. 00:53:13 - MS- RETIRED GENERAL, ALFRED M. GRUNTHER, PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, SPEAKS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1917
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1910s
- File Name: VM-1073A