Title:MEDICAL UNITS IN THE FIELD (PART 1) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 77-12
Other titles:PREPARATIONS FOR THE ASSAULT ON HOTTOT (PART 2) [Allocated Title]
MEDICAL UNITS IN THE FIELD (PART 2) [Allocated Title]
Summary: Three sequences showing 50th (Northumbrian) Division's front during the attack on Hottot.
Description: I. At the Casualty Clearing Post manned by 200th Field Ambulance RAMC at Bucéels, a casualty of the fighting for Hottot is given a blood transfusion in the Resuscitation Tent; one of the two medical orderlies seen attending to him examines his medical case history tag. The patient is given tea to drink through a tube. The cameraman surveys the Resuscitation Tent where the transfusions take place.
II. A Stuart VI (Honey) light tank, from the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry's recce troop, advances along a tank track outside Tilly-sur-Seulles as the regiment moves up to support 231st Brigades's attack on Hottot. One of the field artillery regiments supporting operation "Maori II" comes under German counter-battery fire.
III. A wounded major is lifted onto an Austin K2 ambulance before being despatched to a field hospital. A soldier with head and arm injuries is helped out of a CMP utility ambulance. An orderly notes down the case history of a casualty suffering from severe injuries. Another patient is given a blood transfusion inside an Austin K2 ambulance.
Alternative Title:PREPARATIONS FOR THE ASSAULT ON HOTTOT (PART 2) [Allocated Title]
MEDICAL UNITS IN THE FIELD (PART 2) [Allocated Title]
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Carpenter, L (Production individual)
