DEFENCE: World War II: Royal Army Medical Corps in North Africa and Sicily (1943)

BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Hospitals in North Africa experience no difficulty in coping with the wounded from Sicily, thanks to light casualties. Full Description: NORTH AFRICA: EXT Red Cross and Union Jack flags flying PAN to GV of hospital camp, sandhills in background Red Cross ambulances and casualties arriving Italian prisoners carrying stretcher INT PAN casualties in beds in marquee Wounded soldier lying on bed Patient being X-rayed Close up X-ray plate Nurses taking sample of blood from patient’s thumb Close up pressing blood out of thumb on to piece of glass Doctor at work in microscopic tent and Captain Marion Ross looking through microscope Close up Ross looking through microscope Two dispensers at work Wide shot patients in hospital beds in marquee ITALY: Sicily: EXT Medical officers examining children British soldier weighing crying child and calling out weight Medical officer writing