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Bethune
196458 min 38 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Donald Brittain
Production: Donald BrittainJohn KemenyGuy Glover
Script: Donald BrittainJohn Kemeny
A film biography of Dr. Norman Bethune, the Canadian doctor who served with the loyalists during the Spanish Civil War and with the North Chinese Army during the Sino-Japanese War. In Spain he pioneered the world's first mobile blood-transfusion service; in China his work behind battle lines to save the wounded has made him a legendary figure. This hour-long documentary film pieces together his remarkable career.
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Subject categories
- Developing Countries > ChinaHealth and IllnessPortraitsWar, Conflict and Peace
- Health and Medicine > Developing CountriesPortraitsWorld War II
- History > Historic PeopleWorld History
- Science > Biology
- History > The Depression EraWorld War II
Credits
- director
- Donald Brittain
- producer
- Donald Brittain
- John Kemeny
- script
- Donald Brittain
- John Kemeny
- executive producer
- Guy Glover
- camera
- Robert Humble
- François Séguillon
- Murray Fallen
- sound
- George Croll
- Roger Hart
- editing
- John Kemeny
- sound editing
- Sidney Pearson
- narrator
- Lister Sinclair
Awards
- Diploma of honourInternational Film Festival
- First Prize - Category: TVInternational Festival for Documentary and Animated Film
- Diploma of MeritInternational Film Festival
- Gold MedalInternational Festival of Red Cross and Health Films
- Second PrizeFestival du film à format réduit
- Second PrizeFestival du film à format réduit