BOMBING OF CANTON General shots of the city before bombing. Bombs fall, explosions and fire. Civilians in the streets. Corpse in the street, buildings in ruins. People sort through the rubble. People getting first aid.
ALLIED BOMBS HAMMER AXIS Airbase in Europe. Pilots and crew get into bmbers. Planes in flight over France. Bombs dropping. Explosions. Planes return home. North Africa Eddie Rickenbacker, WWI Ace, meets with WWII pilots. Pilots attack Sicily. Bombs dropping. Pacific Bombs dropped in Pacific theater. Wounded men are moved.
stock footage of flying P-38 Lightning fighter planes
The American College of Surgeons presents "White Battalions: Serving All Mankind." - PT4 Intended to gain hospital endowments from wealthy patrons, this film shows off medical technologies & advancements of the early 1940s. The film follows a storyline that blends scripted dialog with hospital scenes. Excellent quality & content throughout.
Hospital Interior: MCU/CU framed document with the title "American College of Surgeons". MS two men in suits seated at desk looking over papers. MS/MCU elderly woman in hospital bed as nurse takes her temperature & pulse rate. MS male doctor using a stethoscope to listen to male patient's heart, nurse stands by with patient's chart, pull back to see they are in a hospital ward, filled with many patients sharing a single room.
Laboratory Interior (Pathology): Great MS of young women working in medical diagnostic laboratory, women seen looking in microscopes, examining test tubes. MCU profile woman using microscope. MCU/CU piece of lab equipment with large fleshy salvaged tumor resting on stage, being prepared for examination, seems as if heat or gas is being used. MCU masked male pathologist looking into microscope.
Hospital Interior (X-ray): MS patient laying on table as male & female technicians move X-ray machine into position. MS profile of elderly shirtless man standing as young male technician takes X-ray images, no radiation exposure precautions taken.
Operating Room (Prep): Slightly elevated MS operating room with masked surgical nurses & technicians preparing the room, tools are arranged on tray, hot water is poured into stainless steel bowl. MS surgical team scrubbing in sinks & tying face masks. MS/MCU profile patient on operating table as anesthesiologist turns & adjusts knobs, administering anesthetic gas via face mask. MCU female assistant opening hatch & removing linens from sterilization chamber.
Operating Room: MCU operation in progress with surgical team quickly passing tools, clamping blood vessels with hemostats and removing a small organ from body. Slightly elevated MS surgical team as the operation comes to an end.
Hospital Interior (Therapy, Treatment): MS/MCU male cancer patient laying in large cabinet-like structure as female nurse prepares him for radiation therapy (1940s term: deep x-ray therapy). MCU nurse in adjoining room, adjusting controls of the radiation unit. MS female patient inside an iron lung as nurse tightens clasps & looks inside chamber window.
Hospital Interior (Therapy, Treatment, Recovery): MCU man with arm resting in bubbling water, physical therapy. MS female patient laying in bed as nurse positions large heat lamp over her arm. GV recovering patients relaxing in hospital solarium, great natural sunlight beaming in, nurse walks around with drink tray.
Hospital Interior (Maternity Ward): MCU man & elderly woman (father, grandmother) looking through maternity ward window as masked nurse holds baby for them. MS masked nurse caring for premature baby.
The American College of Surgeons presents "White Battalions: Serving All Mankind." - PT5 Intended to gain hospital endowments from wealthy patrons, this film shows off medical technologies & advancements of the early 1940s. The film follows a storyline that blends scripted dialog with hospital scenes. Excellent quality & content throughout.
Hospital Interior (non-medical staff): MS female staff busy at work in hospital records department, male doctor enters giving woman papers, pan as she moves to filing cabinets, she files some papers & retrieves others (office, clerical, women). GV hospital kitchen with female staff busy at work. MS female kitchen workers loading cart with food trays. MCU food tray with appetizing display being served to an elderly woman in hospital bed.
Hospital Interior (Education): GV lecture room (hall) filled with medical staff, man at front of room in lab coat gives a presentation. MCU young man in lab coat (medical student) seated at table with tray & microscope in front of him, he uncovers tray which is filled with organic parts, a lesson in human anatomy. MCU doctor placing x-ray image on light board, pelvic area has been circled. MCU elderly doctor in lab coat talking while flipping through paper.
Hospital Interior (non-medical staff): GV lobby with people asking for assistance at front desk, this is a hospital but shot could pass for any high-end luxury hotel. GV bookkeeping & accounting office with female staff typing away (office, clerical). MS profile two female switchboard operators busy at work.
Hospital Interior (Social Services): CU door reading "Medical Social Service", door opens to GV office waiting room with nurse examining throat of a young boy. MS office interior as female social worker interviews mother with two girls. GV pan cold institutional waiting room with long pews filled women & children of working class families (clinic). MS man laying on examination table as male doctor listens to chest with stethoscope, female nurse is also seen in the room preparing equipment.
The American College of Surgeons presents "White Battalions: Serving All Mankind." - PT6 Intended to gain hospital endowments from wealthy patrons, this film shows off medical technologies & advancements of the early 1940s. The film follows a storyline that blends scripted dialog with hospital scenes. Excellent quality & content throughout.
Hospital Interior: CU endowment plaque. MCU young girl wearing wide brimmed hat & holding teddy bear while pointing to endowment plague dedicated in her honor, pointing it out to young boy in wheelchair. MSs hospital lobby as dialog occurs between mother, daughter, doctor & boy in wheelchair. CUs endowment plaques.
Hospital Interior: MS hospital lobby showing mother, daughter, doctor & boy in wheelchair with his nurse, the boy's mother enters the scene, she has come to take the boy home, doctor & nurse help the boy out of his wheelchair & encourage him to walk. MCU as disabled boy (dressed in sailor suit) slowly walks into the caressing arms of his mother. MCU doctor talking to couple. CU doctor talking the importance of endowments.
Hospital Exterior: GV hospital building as people exit, man picks up boy in sailor suit & carries him down the steps, a female nurse follows behind carrying a suitcase. MS family piling into convertible car, they drive off as nurse stands curbside, waving.
DO NOT USE: Credits
DO NOT USE: Duplicate Footage - The American College of Surgeons presents "White Battalions: Serving All Mankind."
Truck Hauling Trailer Beautiful tracking/traveling MS of "Northern Transportation Co" semi-truck hauling cargo trailer along rural highway (18 wheeler).