Summary

Injured soldiers and civilians receive medical treatment from US Army medics in 1945

Source Sherman Grinberg
Newsreel Pathe
Negative # 20530
Clip SR002312_01_03mov
Date 04/01/1945
Title Injured soldiers and civilians receive medical treatment from US Army medics in 1945
Description White flag hangs by open door of rail car as, above, crowd of people stand near buildings / VS medics work with injured people, likely civilians, on town street / civilians and soldiers stand in line waiting for treatment; one soldier rubs his bare leg / VS medics affix bandages to wounds / medic prepares bandage for man with injury on bare leg / CU the infected injury; rear shot medic bandages it / MS disfiguring injuries on man's back; medic applies bandage / VS medic pours sulfa powder onto leg injury, bandages it / bandaging a man's foot / medic affixes tag to person's tunic, presumably indicating level of injury; African-American medic stands behind with stack of tags / medics examine person / people waiting in line / Note: exact day not known; documentation incomplete; film has nitrate deterioration
Country Germany

Keywords

archival
newsreel
World War II
United States military
civilians
soldiers
injuries
wounded
medics
bandages
sulfa powder
infections
African-American people
black people
soldiers
queues
waiting
railroad cars
white flags
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