Medical Demonstration

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2178

Date Released

1 Mar 1971

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Medical Demonstration. DESCRIPTION: Just like a battlefield - but not for real this time. A realistic exercise by combined units of Britain’s peacetime army aimed at testing the skill and efficiency of the Medical Corps under battle conditions. SHOTLIST: CU man on stretcher - pan up as picked up & carried to helicopter. CU pan lifted into helicopter. CU men securing stretcher pan down to man. LV helicopter ready to take off. CU rotor blades turning. SV pan up helicopter takes off. Ground to air pan flies off. SV pan soldier runs and dives to ground during exercise. CU soldier on ground. CU other soldier prepares comrade for stretcher. CU pan to BV as armoured carrier passes stops & medical team jump out with stretcher. CU casualty lifted onto stretcher, pan as carried away. SV man put into carrier on stretcher. CU carrier drives off. CU man having cut hand bandaged. CU man watching his hand dressed. SV surgeons at work in field operating theatre. CU surgeon. CU hands working. CU nurse watching. CU casualty’s face with oxygen tube - pan to anaesthetist. CU respiratory machine. GV surgeons at work. SV exterior stretcher patient into team Aid post. CU doctor at work. CU man has stitches put in forehead.

Keywords

Health and medicine; Aviation; Military

Locations

Aldershot; United Kingdom

Card file number

96845

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell
Camera: Ray Gallard

Length of story (in feet)

141

Story extras:

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