Accession number:
1941.0003Producers:
Directors:
Directors of Photography:
Scriptwriters:
Narrators:
Music:
Sound:
Other Personnel:
Production Years:
1941Languages:
- English
- French
Film Properties:
- 35mm
- Black and White
- Sound
Length (feet):
970 (35mm)Length (minutes):
10Subjects:
Holding Institutions:
Library and Archives Canada: 35mm.
"This film is about how the discovery and manufacture of blood plasma saved thousands of lives in the Second World War. Shots include: soldiers being given blood transfusions on the front lines; mobile blood donor clinics in Canada; civilians giving blood; blood plasma being processed at a laboratory in Canada, and shipped overseas."
"Film sur la découverte et la fabrication du plasma sanguin. Le plasma sanguin a sauvé des milliers de vies durant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale."