The medical service of the Finnish armed forces in the winter the utilization of paper in the care of casualties
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| Description | This film is an English language version of a captured German film that describes the uses of paper products by the Finnish armed forces in protecting their wounded from freezing during initial treatment and evacuation. Paper proved to be good protection against wind and cold, it was inexpensive, fairly strong, and it could be used repeatedly. The film consists of footage of troops dressed in white cold-weather gear fighting in snow-covered terrain and of corpsmen caring for the wounded and demonstrating the uses of paper products. Evacuation sleds with sides made partially of cardboard are shown. Corpsmen drive the horse-drawn sleds to an area just behind a fighting front. From there, troops on skis pull a canoe-like sled to the front to evacuate the wounded back to the horse-drawn sleds. Two corpsmen come upon a wounded soldier. One treats his wound, the other lines the canoe-sled with kraft paper and tar paper. The wounded man is loaded onto the sled, wrapped in a blanket an |
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| Source | collections.nlm.nih.gov |
| Author | United States. Army. |