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The army nurse
The army nurse
- Series Title(s):
- War Department official film
- Contributor(s):
- United States. Army Pictorial Service.
- Publication:
- United States : War Office, 1945
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Moving image
- Subject(s):
- Military Nursing
United States - Genre(s):
- Instructional Film and Video
- Abstract:
- Released in the closing months of the Second World War, this film explores the work of the army nurse in part from the perspective of a wounded soldier. Intended to be shown to a variety of audiences including servicemen, nurses, and potential recruits to nursing, it has a reassuring message about the skill and effectiveness of the army nursing service. It also comforts its audiences with a story about the therapeutic uses of femininity. The film opens with a soldier wounded in action. Coming out of delirium, the first person he sees is a female army nurse, who smiles and winks at him. This therapeutic wink is the start of his road to recovery, and provides a cue for the narrator to talk about the uses of femininity in the healing process. The narrators explains that women mean safety, comfort, and home to the wounded man: the nurse’s touch and her voice instill hope.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 015 min.
- Color:
- Black and white
- Provenance:
- Received: (date unknown) as a donation from the U.S. Army.
- Technique:
- Live action
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9437337 (See catalog record)
- OCLC no.:
- 31712286
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9437337