Trailer - Blood Banks (1946)

Thought to be Selected Originals from late 1940s material. A short trailer film encouraging people to become blood donors. A car has an accident and knocks a man off a bicycle. An ambulance rushes him to hospital. Various shots in surgery. VS of people being given blood transfusions and supplies. CU of babies in maternity wards. CU doctor looking at baby. CU doctor holding bottle marked ’Human Blood’. The doctor tells us how vital these supplies are. End title asks people to volunteer to be blood donors. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (