THE MILITARY SURGEON IN AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT

Year Published: 1951

Description: This 1951 US Navy indoctrination and training film "The Military Surgeon in Amphibious Assault" looks at the important role of military surgeons in combat. The film uses footage from WWII, showing a landing under heavy fire onto a Japanese-held island in the Pacific. The film covers essential elements such as keeping in mind combat essentials, how to land supplies, where to set up an aid station, prioritizing and triage of patients, and how to run a fully-fledged field hospital once a bridgehead has been established. The film is extremely graphic at times, showing a multitude of injured soldiers with serious battle injuries. 0:13 restricted, 0:15 US Navy Training Film MN 6910, Produced by the Princeton Film Center, 0:22 “The Military Surgeon in Amphibious Assault”, 0:44 a large explosion and combat footage, 1:05 troops prepare for and execute an amphibious assault during D Day, 2:31 surgeons helping wounded soldiers amidst the combat, 2:59 soldiers rushing up the sand dunes while being fired at, 3:25 a surgeon treating a gunshot wound, 4:11 supplies landing on the beach, 4:35 emergency aid station set up near an abandoned enemy shelter, 5:17 close up of the supplies including sulfa / sulfadiazine tablets, 5:38 wounded soldiers being brought to the aid station and treated, 7:10 a critically wounded patient being transported to a hospital ship, 7:33 surgeon has to pack up aid station to move it closer to the front, 7:53 surgeon communicating with his commander on a field telephone, 8:29 aid station moves closer to the front, 8:44 combat footage as the attack progresses into different terrain, 9:23 soldiers marching in a single file line, 9:50 overview of a field surgical installation, 10:11 injured soldiers being transported to tents, 10:36 overview of the field hospital, 10:59 different elements including the pharmacy, lab, dental service, and x ray machine, 11:21 footage of wounded soldiers from the admissions tent, 12:06 a surgeon washing himself and putting on appropriate clothes for a surgery, 12:33 surgeon performs a surgery on a patient, 13:23 surgeons operating while gunfire and explosions are going on outside compared to footage from a regular hospital, 14:42 Sea Power for Security, The End

Complete Record: This 1951 US Navy indoctrination and training film "The Military Surgeon in Amphibious Assault" looks at the important role of military surgeons in combat. The film uses footage from WWII, showing a landing under heavy fire onto a Japanese-held island in the Pacific. The film covers essential elements such as keeping in mind combat essentials, how to land supplies, where to set up an aid station, prioritizing and triage of patients, and how to run a fully-fledged field hospital once a bridgehead has been established. The film is extremely graphic at times, showing a multitude of injured soldiers with serious battle injuries. 0:13 restricted, 0:15 US Navy Training Film MN 6910, Produced by the Princeton Film Center, 0:22 “The Military Surgeon in Amphibious Assault”, 0:44 a large explosion and combat footage, 1:05 troops prepare for and execute an amphibious assault during D Day, 2:31 surgeons helping wounded soldiers amidst the combat, 2:59 soldiers rushing up the sand dunes while being fired at, 3:25 a surgeon treating a gunshot wound, 4:11 supplies landing on the beach, 4:35 emergency aid station set up near an abandoned enemy shelter, 5:17 close up of the supplies including sulfa / sulfadiazine tablets, 5:38 wounded soldiers being brought to the aid station and treated, 7:10 a critically wounded patient being transported to a hospital ship, 7:33 surgeon has to pack up aid station to move it closer to the front, 7:53 surgeon communicating with his commander on a field telephone, 8:29 aid station moves closer to the front, 8:44 combat footage as the attack progresses into different terrain, 9:23 soldiers marching in a single file line, 9:50 overview of a field surgical installation, 10:11 injured soldiers being transported to tents, 10:36 overview of the field hospital, 10:59 different elements including the pharmacy, lab, dental service, and x ray machine, 11:21 footage of wounded soldiers from the admissions tent, 12:06 a surgeon washing himself and putting on appropriate clothes for a surgery, 12:33 surgeon performs a surgery on a patient, 13:23 surgeons operating while gunfire and explosions are going on outside compared to footage from a regular hospital, 14:42 Sea Power for Security, The End