… ja työ jatkuu … och arbetet fortgår (“… And the Work Goes On”, Finnish Red Cross, 1968, English)

Features the general and often dramatic activities of the Finnish Red Cross, in both towns and isolated districts and outposts, from Red Cross Cottage Hospitals in Lapland, helicopter rescues of injured skiers, treatment of plastic surgery patients, the Friends Service for visiting long-term hospital patients and the aged without families, to the artificial limb centres, all show how the Society meets needs for assistance throughout the community. Training in first aid, home nursing, mountain rescue patrol service, and international training centres for youth are examples of the importance of this aspect of Red Cross preparedness. (League Film Library Catalogue Supplement No. 1, 1969, p. 5) Shows some special activities in the year of the Society’s 90th anniversary (1967).
00:00 Opening montage of landscape scenes in Lapland; introduction to the Finnish Red Cross.
01:15 The Finnish Red Cross cottage hospital in Lapland; excerpt from speech by then President of the Finnish Red Cross, A. E. Martola, summarizing the principles of the Red Cross.
02:53 Opening titles and credits.
03:16 Special concert in honour of the 90th anniversary of the Finnish Red Cross, held on 7 May 1967: guests arriving including the Finnish President [Urho Kekkonen].
04:06 Helicopter rescue of a skier; volunteers working as part of the national joint Rescue Service.
06:41 Training camp for first aid and rescue volunteers; first aiders supporting sporting events, emergency services; emergency response training exercise.
09:05 Home nursing training; Finnish Red Cross training centre in Helsinki to train regional branch volunteers.
10:14 Organisational structure of Finnish Red Cross: central administration and regional branches; public health institutions served by the Finnish Red Cross; responsibilities of a district nurse.
11:15 Friends Service to visit isolated people in hospital, retirement homes, etc.
12:02 Finnish Red Cross plastic surgery hospital in Helsinki; cleft lip and cleft palate treatments, including speech therapy; residential home for children requiring prolonged treatment in Helsinki.
14:17 Finnish Red Cross artificial limbs workshop in Helsinki; Finnish Red Cross ambulance service; home help for elderly people; clubs and summer camps for elderly people.
17:05 Blood transfusion service established in 1948.
18:45 Finnish Red Cross contributions to global emergencies; central store to keep stock of emergency supplies.
19:57 Youth branch of the Finnish Red Cross: community service projects; international training and work camps.
21:24 Concluding remarks by then Secretary General of Finnish Red Cross Kai J. Warras on the essential work of the Red Cross; views of the Finnish Red Cross headquarters.
22:57 Closing credits.
Year: 1968
Language: English, Finnish
Country: Finland
Scriptwriter: Matti Toivonen
Camera : Matti Oksa
Sound : Erkki Ertama
Production: Opus Oy
Copyright: Finnish Red Cross / Opus Oy?
Duration: 23:02 minutes
Original format: 16mm colour acetate film with optical sound. Film was fading to pink at the time of digitisation. Digitised in 2021. Applied noise reduction; audio fade in at start of film; reduced volume from 02:54 to 03:24 and from 16:42 to 17:06; and normalized audio. Adjusted white balance and increased contrast.
File name: c00344.mp4
League Film Library Number 532; ID No. 1848 Component Number 116; c00344
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