Medical Aid for Vietnamese Children by Committee of Responsibility Vietnam War 47694 (1967)

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This 1967 color and very medically graphic film shows closeups of wounds, many on children. Viet Nam, Spring, 1967 is produced by The Committee of Responsibility, Inc., and filmed and narrated by Henry Mayer, M.D. It opens with men, women, boys, and girls with facial burns (:16- 1:20 ). The narrator is on a plane to Viet Nam to choose war-injured children who needed highly specialized treatment in the U.S. Footage of Viet Nam is shown from the plane. They arrive by helicopter, with a view of the landing strip ( 1:22 - 2:33 ). At Saigon, Vietnamese get produce out of a boat and carry it by poles. Many people crowd an outdoor market, many wearing coolie hats. Motorbikes and rickshaws pass the camera. People walk among the rubble at the market ( 2:34 - 3:50 ). A little boy is fed rice. Families are shown living on the streets in makeshift housing. Many children and babies are shown among the ruins of poverty ( 3:51 - 5:30 ). Soup is spooned into a cup ( 5:47 ). A dead rat lies on the road ( 6:10 ). Bananas and produce are sold at a roadside stand ( 6:15 ). A woman carries two containers hanging from a pole across her shoulders ( 6:42 ). A Pan America helicopter takes off ( 6:48 ). The camera pans the rundown houses and tent communities along the water’s edge as the doctors travel by boat ( 7:12 - 7:40 ). A sea of coolie hats bob as people mingle ( 7:47 ). A large net is thrown from a sampan ( 7:53 ). The wounded lie in metal hospital beds placed next to each other. Metal cribs…

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16 minutes

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Ephemeral Films

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