Title:BLOOD TRANSFUSION IN THE FIELD TO LUSHAI BRIGADE AT ZAMPI [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 148
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: A doctor of the Indian Army Medical Corps administers a blood transfusion in the field to a wounded soldier of the Lushai Brigade at Zampi, in the Chin Hills, Burma.
Description: Chin porters carry a wounded man on a stretcher through dense jungle. At a dressing station a Medical Officer of the Indian Army Medical Corps, Captain S G M Shah, examines the soldier and administers an injection. A bottle marked 'Plasma' is attached to an intravenous line and a needle put into the soldier's arm. Close-up of Captain Shah at work. The line is removed and a dressing applied after the transfusion. Four Indian soldiers carry a stretcher case.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor)
SEAC Film Unit (Production company)
MacTavish, DuncanDuncan MacTavish, service number 378125, sergeant cameraman with No 9 Army Film & Photographic Unit, later promoted 2nd Lieutenant 6 September 1945 (see Supplement to the London Gazette, 11 April 1947). (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Indian Army, Lushai Brigade (regiment/service)
Indian Army, Indian Army Medical Corps (regiment/service)
Keywords: Chin Hills, Burma (geography)
Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
India 1939-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
