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Public Domain Archive Film Stock Footage Library |
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| NTSC Quicktime format: (24 hr. turn-around) |
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| PAL Quicktime format: (24 hr. turn-around) |
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| DVD-R Time-Code Preview Disc (NTSC): (24 hr. turn-around) |
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| keywords: combat in korea, korean war, korean conflict, war in korea |
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Synopsis: The road to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in the 1950's was not a pleasant journey. This film depicts this journey for Army veterans injured on the battlefield in Korea and returning American soldiers from North Korean prisoner of war camps... (read more) |
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Information: 1950s 28 min BW |
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Shows arrival of troop ship and returning soldiers being greeted by their families. The wounded are carried off the ship on a litter, placed in an ambulance for transporting to Walter Reed. Many scenes of veterans receiving treatment at the hospital.
Forest Glen Section, a secluded annex about four miles from the main hospital, houses a prosthetics Laboratory for research on artificial limbs and other advanced medical procedures. Shows training of veterans with artificial limbs how to change an automobile tire and drive a car. Shows veterans with disabilities playing ball, attending an outdoor concert, and engaging in other activities.
Major General Leonard D. Heaton, Commander of Walter Reed, awards a Distinguish Service Cross to 2nd Lt. Henry R. Walls Jr. Address by Commander Heaton.
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