Military field medical service, German Army: a film record of the employment of the German Army Medical Service from the front line of a division through the Army to repatriation to the zone of the interior

Military field medical service, German Army: a film record of the employment of the German Army Medical Service from the front line of a division through the Army to repatriation to the zone of the interior

Uniform Title(s):
Kriegs-Sanitätsdienst
Contributor(s):
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945
United States. Army.
Germany. Heer. Motion-Picture Service.
German Army Medical School. Instruction Group C--Research Group.
Publication:
[Washington, DC] : U.S. Army, 1947
Language(s):
English
Format:
Moving image
Subject(s):
Military Medicine
Warfare
Wounds and Injuries
Germany
Germany. Heer. Military Field Medical Service
Abstract:
This film, captured by the United States Army, was originally produced by the German Army during WWII and called Kriegs-Sanitaetsdienst. An English sound track was exchanged for the German one. The film showed the work of the Military Field Medical Service of the German Army through the medical planning, evacuation, and treatment of wounded of two battles. Scenes included were: strategists planning the battles, WWII battle scenes, medical conference planning care of wounded and locations of aid centers needed for those battles, medical personnel removing wounded during battle; performing emergency aid and surgery in open-air tents, including amputations, bullet removals, etc.; awarding of Iron Cross to patients; makeshift grave sites with swastika created over the graves with bullets; prisoners helping transport the wounded; transportation of the wounded to more stable sites on horse-drawn carts, trucks, motorcycle side cars, boats, and planes; the French soldiers receiving care while lying on the floor of the bombed out Church of St. Louis; exterior and interior of modern base hospital, Kriegslazarett, with ramps, pharmacy, surgery suite, laboratories, X-ray facilities, and balconies for each patient; the Army Surgeon and a congress of medical surgeons and directors creating policies to be followed in the field; exterior and interior of the Ehrwald Military Convalescent Center; children visiting the Center; and Hitler greeting the wounded in the Center.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
066 min.
Color:
Black and white
Sound:
Sound
Cast:
Adolf Hitler.
Credits:
Directed by Instruction Group C (Research Group) of the German Army Medical School.
Provenance:
Received: (date unknown); donation; from the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology.
Technique:
Live action
NLM Unique ID:
8700157A (See catalog record)
OCLC no.:
31668408
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/8700157A