NARRATOR TELLS ABOUT THE AMERICAN RED CROSS AND
THEIR WORK SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH ARMED FORCES
FOR 8 DECADES OF WAR TIME TRAGEDY TO PEACETIME
DISASTERS

MONTAGE- COLONIAL AND BRITISH SOLDIERS FALL
DURING ACTION IN REVOLUTIONARY WAR. A CAVALRY
CHARGE IN THAT WAR.

MONTAGE- A CONVOY OF RED CROSS AMBULANCES RIDE
THE BATTLE WORN STREETS IN FRANCE DURING WWI

LS- AS THE PRIMATIVE WOODEN AMBULANCES PULL UP TO
A HOSPITAL, A CROWD OF ATTENDANTS IN WHITE RUN OUT
TO REMOVE THE WOUNDED.

MS- WOUNDED IN HOSPITAL BEDS CLOWN AROUND FOR
THE CAMERA. MS- RED CROSS NURSE POSES WITH THE
DOUGHBOYS.

LS- THE RED CROSS NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS BUILDING
IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

MS- MRS. RICHARD NIXON AND WIVES OF SENATE
COLLEAGUES WEARING RED CROSS HEAD PIECES, ROLL
BANDAGES FOR THE RED CROSS.

MS- A GROUP OF WOMEN WATCH AS A GI DEMONSTRATES
THE INTRACACIES OF FIELD COOKING AND SANITATION.

MS- A WOMAN HOLDS UP HER SLEEVE FOR A SHOT BY A
RED CROSS MEDIC. A LITTLE GIRL DOES THE SAME
MS- A LITTLE BOY CRIES AS HE IS GIVEN SHOT

MS- NURSE DRAWS BLOOD FROM A WOMAN AS SHE LIES
DOWN ON A BED. MS- A BLACK MAN SQUEEZES A RUBBER
OBJECT TO ACCELERATE THE FLOW OF BLOOD INTO A
PINT JAR BY HIS BED.

MS- 3 MEN HOLD A FIRE HOSE ON A BLAZING INFERNO
THEY FEEL THE HEAT AS THEY HOLD THE HOSE

MS- A NURSE AND A DOCTOR ADMINISTER A PLASMA
TRANSFUSION TO A LITTLE GIRL COVERED IN BANDAGES
IN HOSPITAL BED.

MONTAGE- REFUGEES IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY WAIT
AROUND FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE RED CROSS

MONTAGE- RED CROSS WORKERS PLAY GAMES AND WRITE
LETTERS FOR CONVALESCENT GIS IN A HOSPITAL

MS- A RED CROSS WORKER WEARS A PAPER MUSTACHE AS
SHE PLAYS AN ACORDIAN AS 4 OTHER GIRLS SING WHILE
WEARING MUSTACHES AND PAPER TOP HATS.

MS- A JAPANESE WOMAN PULLS 2 CAKES OUT OF AN OVEN
MS- JAPANESE WOMEN LEARN TO MAKE A BED

MS- RED CROSS WORKER ASSISTS AN OLD VET IN A
VETERAN'S HOSPITAL.

MS- A TRAINED SOCIAL WORKER SPEAKS TO A BLACK GI
AND HIS WIFE.