BLOOD DONATIONS BY WAVES Part 1

Description

Summary: WAVES filing into bldg, passing American Red Cross bloodmobile. CU, bloodmobile. Int, few WAVES walk into office. One takes a seat at desk. MCU, nurse telling WAVE how to fill out application. Over shoulders, as application is pointed to and filled out. HMCU, another nurse filling out application for another WAVE. The WAVE then writes on application. CU, WAVE as she writes, talks. MS, WAVE gets up, leaves. MS, Int, WAVE walks in. Fever thermometer is placed in her mouth by nurse. CU, of nurse as she feels pulse. Blood pressure is taken of another WAVE by another nurse. Int, Hospital Ward: WAVES lying on cots as nurses attend them. CU, WAVE on cot. A needle is inserted in arm. MCU, of nurse. CU, bottle of blood. MS, nurse swabbing iodine on WAVE'S arm. Another WAVE on cot as blood withdrawn. CU, bottle as blood is withdrawn from patient. CU, nurse making entry on form. WAVES having refreshments- milk, coffee. Nurse pinning donor's button on three WAVES. CU, as hands of nurse pin donor's button. MLS, Int: Nurse enters with bottle of blood. Two technicians are in the room. One man puts bottle in case. CU, as bottle is put in. Pan Shot, cases marked "Human Blood". CU, bottle of blood being stamped. Two men carry out a case of blood. MS, two men loading case into bloodmobile. RV, as the truck moves slowly out. VISIT OF FRENCH CADETS.: Pentagon, Washington, DC: 09/10/1951: Int of office: 4-Star Gen John E Hull, Vice Chief of Staff, greets the ten cadets from the Ecole Polytechnique, Paris. Pan shot, cadets as they listen to the general speak. PRESIDENT BIDS GOODBYE TO GEN GEORGE C MARSHALL.: The White House, Washington, DC: 09/12/1951: Truman shakes hands with Gen Marshall, and with Marshall's sucessor, Robert A Lovett. The three sit down in chairs near desk and talk. CU, Truman, Marshall. CU, Lovett. CU, Marshall. Quick pan, to include Truman. STATEMENT BY THE NEW SECY OF DEFENSE, ROBERT A LOVETT.: Pentagon, Washington, DC: 09/12/1951: Mr. Lovett seated in his office pays tribute to Gen Marshall. He says, in part: "I know that I share with millions of Americans today, and people all over the world, the sense of loss over Gen Marshall's resignation as Secy of Defense, and in this great responsibility, I ask the help and support of every American."

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities