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Responsibility: Clara Barton
Clara Barton's unwavering responsibility led her from establishing free schools to founding the American Red Cross, exemplifying how individual dedication can fortify a nation.
The March of Time
1947: RED CROSS: BLOOD DRIVE: MS People entering room w/ sign, 'Blood bank donors.' MS Nurse tending to blood donors lying in bed. MCU Jar of blood w/ tubes next to bedside. MS Doctor, male, taking out bags from refrigerator storage. Blood donation
MOT 1947: RED CROSS: BLOOD DRIVE: MS People entering room w/ sign, 'Blood bank donors.' MS Nurse tending to blood donors lying in bed. MCU Jar of blood w/ tubes next to bedside. MS Doctor, male, taking out bags from refrigerator storage....
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American Red Cross nurses assist patients, teach hygiene in 1940s
[Portion of profile including footage from across several decades; this is probably from 1940s] MS Red Cross nurse does paperwork at desk / CU hands pull envelope and package from post office box / CU hand holds Red Cross pin on...
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American Red Cross nurses in class and graduating in 1940s
[Portion of profile including footage from across several decades; this is probably from 1940s] VS nurses wearing face masks blend beverages in kitchen and take beverages from refrigerator / wipe to nurses study and read in library / MS...
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Gary Cooper for the American Red Cross
Title "The American Red Cross presents Gary Cooper in You Are Not Alone" superimposed over Gary Cooper walking with dog and shotgun through wooded area / public service announcement for Red Cross donations for emergency relief /...
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American Red Cross nurses tending patients and mixing medicines in 1930s or 1940s
[Portion of profile including footage from across several decades; this is probably from 1930s/1940s] Title: 'The American Red Cross Presents Foot Steps, A William J. Ganz Production, Recorded by RCA High Fidelity Recording' superimposed...
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American Red Cross nurse makes house calls in 1940s
[Portion of profile including footage from across several decades; this is probably from 1940s] VS teen girl helps older woman sit up in bed, hands her water / VS nurse exits car and walks up snowy stepped sidewalk / wipe to VS children...
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During Korean War, personnel from Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic headquarters in Norfolk, VA, give blood at Red Cross blood center
Shot of exterior of Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic headquarters building / VS van with words on its side "American Red Cross bloodmobile, Tidewater Regional blood center, Norfolk, VA" / sign over entrance to building to building...
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National Chairman of American Red Cross Cary T. Grayson asks for help for Red Cross
Title card: "Grayson's plea for Red Cross, New National Chairman asks for your help in his first message" / close shot of retired admiral/national chairman of the American Red Cross Cary T. Grayson speaking to camera
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Jimmy Stewart for the American Red Cross
Title: "The American Red Cross presents You Were There Starring James Stewart" superimposed over front door of house / Red Cross Public Service Announcement /actor James Stewart walks to door and turns to camera / tornado damaged...
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American Red Cross nurses make house calls in snowy conditions in the 1940s
[Portion of profile including footage from across several decades; this is probably from 1940s] MS nurse walks up snowy yard to house / VS nurse examines two young children in bed / MS car drives down hill and through deep water and ice,...
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Pres. Herbert Hoover is first member in annual Red Cross drive
Title card: "Hoover joins up with Red Cross, Washington - Chairman Payne enrolls President as first member in annual drive" / Pres. Herbert Hoover with John Barton Payne, who speaks (no audio) and hangs a medal on Hoover's lapel
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Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, Cary Grayson, and a nurse promote support for Red Cross, 1930's
American Red Cross Chairman Cary T. Grayson (retired US Navy Admiral) and a Red Cross nurse flank Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, who sits in front of a large model of a sailing ship; nurse pins a Red Cross pin on Roosevelt's lapel and he...
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Eleanor Roosevelt watches as General John Pershing cuts cake at 18th anniversary of the Gray Ladies of the Red Cross, 1936
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, in a flowered dress, white gloves, and a floppy hat, watches while retired General John Pershing cuts cake with a saber / CU the blade cuts the birthday cake, which bears a red cross / MS outdoor seated...
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Transporting communist prisoners to camp by buses in Operation Little Switch in Pusan near the end of the Korean War
Title "Korea - The Long Way Home" superimposed over tank / WS Freedom Bridge crossing Imjin River / LS bridge as military vehicles move across toward camera, sign to side reads Freedom Gate Bridge / ambulances moving down dirt road / UN...
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US Weekly's Young Hollywood Hot 20
Eva Longoria about auctioning off a bathing suit to raise money for the American Red Cross at the US Weekly's Young Hollywood Hot 20 at LAX in Hollywood, California on September 17, 2005. (Footage by WireImage Video/Getty Images)
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Vanessa Lengies, Christina Moore, Jada Pinkett Smith, Michael Vartan, Aisha Hinds at the American Red Cross Of Santa Monica's Annual 'Red Tie Affair' at Santa Monica CA. (Footage by WireImage Video/GettyImages)
Vanessa Lengies, Christina Moore, Jada Pinkett Smith, Michael Vartan, Aisha Hinds at the American Red Cross Of Santa Monica's Annual 'Red Tie Affair' at Santa Monica CA. (Footage by WireImage Video/GettyImages)
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Italian King Victor Emmanuel III is warmly received by crowds at port in Trieste, Austria in 1919
Huge crowd cheers and waves on dock at King Victor Emmanuel III, who stands on warship / MS king salutes crowd / CU crowd and some sailors / LS king speaks to crowd from balcony / MS tilt down Italian officers, civilians and cars in...
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Swimmers jump into icy water
Title card: "While on Mount Hood, Oregon Red Devils show cold nerve in winter carnival" / swimmers lined up by icy water, snow covered banks and roof in bg / swimmers in suits with Red Cross badge in center teasing each other about...
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Carrier USS Antietam crew donates 1,500 pints of blood to the Red Cross
Title: "Carrier Crew Donates 1500 Pints of Blood" superimposed over nurses on deck to collect blood / MS sailors walk in two rows past table of nurses / MS sailors at nurses table filling out forms / VS sailors talking to nurses at table...
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Rosalind Russell, Hugh Martin, Fred Brisson at "The Girl Rush" premiere in Birmingham, AL
Title "Premiere in Birmingham" superimposed over Rosalind Russell sipping from cup on porch steps of Arlington Antebellum Home, banjo player behind her, girls with baskets in front / Russell stepping down from train car followed by man...
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Tornado destruction in Michigan, 1954
Title: "Heavy Toll in Tornado Disasters" superimposed over tornado devastation / wreckage and debris from tornado / title: "Flint, Mich" superimposed over devastation from six tornadoes / jeep convoy with Army National Guard troops /...
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Scenes of flooding in Stamford, Connecticut; rescues; evacuees
Title "Northeast floods - Connecticut Again Hit Hard" superimposed over rushing flood water / river rushing under bridge, man on bridge, buildings in bg; pan to water moving down past church and buildings / water moving around trees by...
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Three Americans in Hong Kong after being released from prison by Chinese Communist government
Card: "Paramount News issue no 11" / title card: "Freedom - Americans released by Red China" / released prisoner Walter A. Rickett, Fulbright student, crossing bridge with policeman / close shot of Rickett walking along / three shots of...