STK-ID 10184

First Aid (Military Training): CU of Canadian soldier in German uniform and helmet firing telescopic rifle. Two shots of same man racing over the camera. Cut to same dropping to ground in front of camera; aiming rifle at camera. CU of Canadian soldier firing from prone position. Canadian soldiers race up slope through thin smoke, casualty on ground in background. Two Canadian soldiers fire from trench, race past the camera. Second take of same. Various shots of Canadian soldiers firing rifles from cover. Cut to MS of explosion - evergreen boughs in immediate foreground. Several shots from various distances of casualties with simulated wounds, "blood". First aid men come to the rescue, tend to wounded, drag them out of danger. MS of wounded arm, "blood" spurting out of cut artery. Shots of casualty with leg at unnatural angle, "bloody" wounds.

DETAILS

Excerpt from
First Aid
Location
Canada
Year
1945
Collection
National Film Board
Available formats
Reel 16 mm, Video HI 8
Shooting format
16mm color master pos
Aspect ratio
4/3