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Summary: A dramatised incident involving an injured RAMC football player highlights the various roles of the Royal Army Medical Corps.
Description: During an army football cup semi-final, Sergeant Davis, the goalkeeper of the winning RAMC team, is taken ill and is rushed to hospital. Will he be "fit for the final"? At the Queen Alexandra Military Hospital his diagnosis (bacterial pneumonia) and treatment are shown in detail, with commentary by those involved: radiographer, laboratory technician, chemist, nurses, physiotherapist. Sergeant Davis responds to treatment, the hospital registrar agrees to discharge him in time for the final, and his team wins 3-2. Commentary praises the medics who helped as "typical of the skilled men upon which the armed services depend".
Production Details: War Office (Production sponsor)
Central Office of Information (Production sponsor)
Film Partnership Productions (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Army Medical Corps (regiment/service)
Keywords: medical, British military - hospital (object name)
recreation, British military - sport: football (object name)
GB, England & <Queen Alexandra Military Hospital> (geography)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 16mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 301 ft; Running time: 8 mins