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.
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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directorDonald Brittain
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producerDonald BrittainJohn Kemeny
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scriptDonald BrittainJohn Kemeny
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executive producerGuy Glover
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cameraRobert HumbleFrançois SéguillonMurray Fallen
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soundGeorge CrollRoger Hart
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editingJohn Kemeny
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sound editingSidney Pearson
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narratorLister Sinclair
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.
More educational content
Bethune, Donald Brittain, provided by the National Film Board of Canada