White Battalions: Serving All Mankind - PT4
White Battalions: Serving All Mankind - PT4
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.
White Battalions: Serving All Mankind - PT4
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.
White Battalions: Serving All Mankind - PT4
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.
White Battalions: Serving All Mankind - PT4
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.
White Battalions: Serving All Mankind - PT4
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.
White Battalions: Serving All Mankind - PT4
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.
White Battalions: Serving All Mankind - PT4
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.
White Battalions: Serving All Mankind - PT4
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.
White Battalions: Serving All Mankind - PT4
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.