| MAKE WAY FOR THE AMBULANCE A patient is taken to hospital by sledge and by boat during cold winter in Sweden. | ||
|---|---|---|
| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7279 |
| Catalog #: | 245236 | |
| Clip Number: | 245236-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | PT 117 | |
| Timecode: | 01:42:13 - 01:45:05 | |
| Location: | Sweden | |
| Year Shot: | 1932 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | HEALTH AND MEDICINE: Ambulances HEALTH AND MEDICINE: Emergency Treatment LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Sweden TRANSPORTATION: Sleds & Sleighs | |
| Description: | MAKE WAY FOR THE AMBULANCE - In Britain were accustomed to the speedy rush of ambulances for our great Hospitals. In Sweden, when winter still grips outlying districts there's a different tale to tell of how a case is handled. L/S's of stretcher bearers carrying a stretcher with a patient on it away from a small country bungalow. The patient is lifted onto the back of small cart which is towed away by a horse. L/S's of the the stretcher being placed onto a sledge and being pulled across a frozen lake. From their it is transferred to a motorboat and then back to a sledge. "Testing every yard of progress." L/S of man walking on the ice several yards ahead of the main stretcher bearing party, he thrusts a pole into the ice in front of him to check for weaknesses. L/S of the patient being transferred to a rowing boat. L/S of the rowing boat moving away. L/S of patient being lifted from a rowing boat at the quayside and finally being lifted into the back of an ambulance. L/S of the ambulance driving away. | |
WPA FILM LIBRARY
