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gov.ntis.ava17237vnb1 · Beat 72 · permalink

Field

20:33–20:59 Released 1966

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Frame at 20:4120:41Frame at 20:5020:50Frame at 20:5520:55

Play from 20:33 on the Internet Archive This passage on the film's page

Evidence and details

Starts here: pause in speech. Sequence 48 · shots 175–177. Observations cite a frame (frame:n) or a time (t:m:ss); frames are the sampled ones above.

Place
field (field, exterior) evidence: frame:1
People
  • child, shirtless, dark hair, thin build visible
  • child, shirtless, dark hair, sitting visible
  • adult male, wearing green military uniform and cap, red cross armband visible
Seen happening
  • A soldier in uniform assists children at basins under a thatched shelter. [frame:1]
  • A shirtless child holds a white bar of soap. [frame:2]
  • A soldier washes a child's head over a basin. [frame:3]
Also said
“becomes a weapon with almost magic powers.” 20:50
Seen
metal basins [frame:1], bar of soap [frame:2], military uniform with red cross armband [frame:1], thatched shelter [frame:1]
Interpretation
Model opinion, not evidence: mood: earnest, instructional; themes: public health, military aid, hygiene as intervention; style notes: documentary-style framing, medium shots, natural daylight, no studio lighting

A soldier in a field medical setting assists children with hygiene using soap and basins. The transcript states that soap becomes a weapon with magic powers in communities lacking it.

“Even soap in a community which has none” 20:40 · “and therefore is vulnerable to the ravages that such a simple item can prevent.” 20:46 automatic transcript, may be wrong

The record

US Government work The record names a federal body as the creating agency. A work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties has no US copyright (17 U.S.C. 105; before 1978, section 8 of the 1909 Act). This says nothing about copyright outside the United States, or about music, stock footage or other material the film may incorporate. Evidence dossier. The finding concerns the US copyright record for the film; it is not clearance for any use, and this page's annotation is machine output.

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Frame from gov.ntis.ava17237vnb1 (1966) at 20:41 (passage 20:33–20:59); US record: US Government work

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