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WWII - USA, Homefront Newsreel: Red Cross News No. 2

Reel Number: 221807-08

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1942,1940s

Country: USA

Location: California,Daytona Beach,Florida,Long Island,New York,San Francisco

TC Begins: 05:09:37

TC Ends: 05:19:02

Duration: 00:09:25

WWII - USA, Homefront: Red Cross Activities Promotion Film Titles. 05:09:53 San Francisco Red Cross Heavy Rescue Squad truck arrives w/ helmeted men in back, off truck w/ dog, litter & medical cases. MCU Dog wearing cloth w/ red cross, finds victim & barks. Men come & put “victim” on stretcher, covered w/ blanket & carried off. 05:11:02 Dog exercising, jumping fence w/ rope in mouth; puts out small fire on ground w/ paws. 05:11:16 Intertitle. High Angle / HA Amateur still photographers taking pictures; flyers for Red Cross National Photo Awards. Taking picture of lighted saluting Red Cross worker in front of flag; MS of photographers & taking pictures of various Red Cross workers’ activities. CU individuals taking pictures. GOOD. 05:12:34 Intertitle. Red Cross mobile blood donor service van & wooden station wagon arrive at Fort Hancock, coast artillery post. Soldiers signing up beside large artillery gun. Men talking w/ Red Cross worker, laying on cots & giving blood. MCUs. 05:13:50 Intertitle. Red Cross workers looking at Bowlers Victory Legion sign promoting Red Cross Week. Uncle Sam shaking hands w/ Red Cross workers. CU pan pins lettered: Disease, Want, Disaster, etc. 05:14:15 Uncle Sam hands Xavier Cugat bowling ball & he bowls; knocks about half the pins down; blond MGM starlet bowls a strike; New York Giant’s Billy Jurgess bowls. 05:14:48 Intertitle. Mounted riders on horseback parade w/ Red Cross flags, ride thru mountain woods, rescue injured & carried out on litter behind horse; stretch onto metal carrier on horseback. Riders parade. 05:16:29 Intertitle. Army WAACs / WACs given water first aid lessons on Florida beach by Red Cross workers. On beach giving artificial respiration; jump into water w/ barracks bags as life preservers. Swimming thru fliers. Salute on side of pool. 05:17:23 Coast Guardsman giving semaphore signals; auxiliary flotilla into icy wind on evacuation drill on Long Island. Rescued brought ot shore & casualties carried or on stretchers to ambulances. Hot coffee given out. 05:18:47 End graphics War Fund 1943. Watch for the Next Issue. WW2 Charity Organization Self Promotion; Volunteers; Recreation; Celebrity; Oddities; Sports; Orchestra Leader; Musician; Rescues;Training; Celebrities; Gags; NOTE: Partial or entire sold at per reel rate.

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