Fight For Life
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Presents a bitter indictment of slum conditions and a gripping plea for greater medical knowledge in the field of obstetrics.
At the City Hospital in Chicago, a young intern sees how a mother dies of a young mother in the maternity delivery room. Very worried about having overlooked a fact that could have prevented death, he began to frequent a maternity clinic in a poor neighborhood of Chicago to learn more about maternity mortality.
Department of DefenseTHE FIGHT FOR LIFEPIN 30218DOCUMENTS THE REMARKABLE WORK BEING DONE BY THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE ARMY MEDICAL SERVICE AS THEY PROVIDE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN THE FIELD AND THE HOSPITALS OF VIETNAM.
At the City Hospital in Chicago, a young intern sees how a mother dies of a young mother in the maternity delivery room. Very worried about having overlooked a fact that could have prevented death, he began to frequent a maternity clinic in a poor neighborhood of Chicago to learn more about maternity mortality.
Department of DefenseTHE FIGHT FOR LIFEPIN 30218DOCUMENTS THE REMARKABLE WORK BEING DONE BY THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE ARMY MEDICAL SERVICE AS THEY PROVIDE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN THE FIELD AND THE HOSPITALS OF VIETNAM.
Credits
- Cast
- Myron McCormick, Will Geer
Copyright
THE FIGHT FOR LIFE. United States Film Service, c1940. 7 reels, sd. From the book by Paul de Kruif. Credits: Associate producers, Elizabeth Meyer, Tommy Atkins; written and directed by Pare Lorentz; music, Louis Gruenberg; photography, Floyd Crosby. © Pare Lorentz / U. S. Film Service; 9Feb40; LP9436.
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- Wikidata · Q15850483 ↗ — creator, length, color, country, genre, credits
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