Perishable rush / an Army Air Forces film ; Motion Picture Unit, Office of Motion Picture Services ; produced for Motion Pictures and Special Events Division, War Finance Division, U.S. Treasury Department.
- Date
1945
- Main contributor
United States. Army Air Forces.
- Summary
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Shows how the Army Air Forces during World War II flew wounded men from Pacific battle areas to hospitals and home towns in the United States. Uses a mix of actuality footage and fictional reenactments to follow a soldier from being wounded in action, cared for by medics on the battlefield, undergoing surgery in a mobile hospital near the front lines, recuperating in Guam, being shipped back to the United States, and convalescing in hospital near the soldier's home town.
- Contributors
United States. Army Air Forces.; United States. Army Air Forces. Office of Motion Pictures Services. Motion Picture Unit; United States. War Finance Division. Motion Pictures and Special Events Division.; Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
- Publisher
Army Air Forces
- Genres
Sponsored films.; Nonfiction films.; Short films.
- Subjects
World War, 1939-1945; Aerial operations, American; Medical care; Hospitals; Transport of sick and wounded
- Collection
IUL Moving Image Archive
- Unit
IUL Moving Image Archive
- Language
English
- Physical Description
1 film reel (14 min.) : sound, black and white ; 16 mm
- Notes
"Army Air Forces special film project 215"--Opening/closing frame.
DVD copy available.
Statement of Responsibility
an Army Air Forces film ; Motion Picture Unit, Office of Motion Picture Services ; produced for Motion Pictures and Special Events Division, War Finance Division, U.S. Treasury Department.
- Other Identifiers
: ocm09033774; LCCN: fie54000323; OCLC: ocm09033774; OCLC: 9033774
Access Restrictions
This item is accessible by: the public.