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1940-1949RED CROSS
FLORISTS DONATE FLOWERS TO RED CROSS. LOADING FLOWERS INTO AMBULANCE. HANDING OUT FLOWERS TO SERVICEMEN. IN HOSPITAL. BOUQUET. MAN SMELLS FLOWERS. DOBBINS. COWGIRLS & NUNS WITH HORSES & WAGON DELIVER DONUTS & COFFEE TO SOLDIERS. LOTS OF MEN IN RAFTS. ARTHUR VANDERGRIF IN GUADACANAL. IV BOTTLE. PHILADELPHIA. WOMEN PACKING BOXES WITH FOOD. BOXES ON CONVEYOR BELT. CARITASI. CAPTAIN OF SHIP. FOUR-MASTED SHIP. LOADING CARGO ONTO SHIP. WOMAN CHECKS CHECKLIST. CRANES. IN IRAN AIDS
POLISH REFUGEES. PEASANTS HUG EACH OTHER, HOLD HANDS. HUGE LINE OF PEOPLE. PRAYING. CHILDREN BEING FED. GARDENING. SUPPLIES. BLIMP DROPS FOOD. MAN SENDING MESSAGE BY TELEGRAPH. MEN IN LIFEBOAT. RESCUE SHIP. SOLDIERS GO ON SHIP. RED CROSS WOMEN GET INTO BOAT. CROWDS OF SOLDIERS. KIT BAGS. AMERICAN FLAG. WATER SAFETY. BOYS JUMP INTO POOL. GIRLS DIVE INTO POOL. PRACTICE KICK STROKES ON SIDE OF POOL. PILE OF SHOES & CLOTHES ON POOL SIDE. KIDS WITH HELMETS & GUNS IN POOL. PRACTICE CPR. SHIP IS LAUNCHED. NURSES. CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. PEOPLE WAVE. USS HOPE LAUNCHED. CHRISTENED HEROES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC. TANK IN JUNGLE. FIRE IN JUNGLE. CARRY OUT WOUNDED. PRESSURE COOKER STERILIZES EQUIPMENT. BANDAGING THE WOUNDED. JEEP IN MUD. MAN WITH BANDAGED FACE. ARMY TRAIN. WOUNDED GET OFF. HOSPITAL. CRAFTS. SCULPTURE. MACRAMAE. PUPPETS.

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Florists Donate Flowers to Red Cross. Loading flowers into ambulance. Handing out flowers to servicemen.
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Flowers brought to wounded in hospital bed. Smells flowers and smiles.
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Red Cross "Woody" station wagon pulls up to a dobbin or horse drawn cart and unload huge container filled with donuts. Santa Cruz Red Cross Canteen Corps. Cowgirls and Nuns ride on wagon away from Camera, ride out into the softer terrain and deliver the donuts and coffee to the soldiers.
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Soldiers on rafts leaving ship. Soldiers salute raising of the American Flag at Guadalcanal.
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Major General Alexander Archer Vandegrift reports from Guadalcanal. Speaks about the Red Cross. Cutaways to troops in action. and IV and medical images.
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EXT. Philadelpha PA. decorated with Red Cross flags and signs. United Nations diplomats appear at Red Cross Ceremony. Includes Ambassadors of Poland, Belgium, Greece and Yugoslavia. Packages of food supplies put together and filled and loaded into trucks.
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Steamer ship "Caritas" chartered by Red Cross docked in Philadelphia to receive loads of supplies.
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Captain Spencer posing for camera
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Red Cross cargo and ship with Red Cross flag.
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