| Medical Emergency | ||
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| Catalog #: | 313569 | |
| Clip Number: | 313569-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | WPA 464 | |
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| Location: | N/A | |
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| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | HEALTH AND MEDICINE: Hospitals LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England | |
| Description: | Preview Cassette 201778 First section circa 1970s, United Kingdom. Ambulance taking away people who have been in a car accident. Emergency Room. Footage from dust bowl/Depression era, 1930s. Appalachian. Poverty. Very brief shots, some stills. (Though the note says "Appalachian", this is probably in Britain, since the rest of the film appears to be British.) Victims of German attacks in Britain are removed from bombed building, World War Two. Social insurance. May be a B-roll to support the idea of National Health. This may be the late 1940s, Britain. Aneurin Bevan (?) walks by camera. Operating room, surgeons. Newspaper headlines regarding Bevan versus the medical community. 1970s: Babies and mothers having inoculations done. Doctor makes house call to elderly man in bed. Other medical care scenes at hospital. | |
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