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Bethune

This feature documentary is a 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.

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This feature documentary is a 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.

Related topics Developing Countries Health and Medicine History All subjects Fascinating People World Views All channels 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

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Ages 16 to 17 School subjects History - The Depression Era History - World War II Science - Biology

Comment on the following topics: Bethune's sybarite lifestyle; his philosophy on health care; his political views at home and abroad; Bethune's establishment of mobile blood-transfusion services in Spain; his treatment of the wounded Chinese via mobile hospitals; Bethune's contribution to history as the result of his journal and medical writings; his contribution to medicine throughout his career; his untimely death at the age of 49.

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Bethune, Donald Brittain, provided by the National Film Board of Canada