{"id":1804,"date":"2016-07-19T14:56:03","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T18:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/?p=1804"},"modified":"2016-08-06T14:46:20","modified_gmt":"2016-08-06T18:46:20","slug":"the-national-film-board-of-canada-bethune-1968","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/the-national-film-board-of-canada-bethune-1968\/","title":{"rendered":"The National Film Board of Canada : Bethune (1968)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2016\/06\/pic_2016-06-28_153244.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1832 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2016\/06\/pic_2016-06-28_153244-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"pic_2016-06-28_153244\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2016\/06\/pic_2016-06-28_153244-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2016\/06\/pic_2016-06-28_153244-768x606.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2016\/06\/pic_2016-06-28_153244-1024x808.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2016\/06\/pic_2016-06-28_153244-380x300.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>In 1968, The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) made an inspiring film about Canadian physician, inventor, thoracic surgeon, war hero, humanitarian, and all-round inspiring figure, Dr. Norman Bethune (1890-1939).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We recently came across this original copy of the NFB&#8217;s promotional pamphlet in the archives. The Osler Library houses a Norman Bethune Collection (<a href=\"http:\/\/osler.library.mcgill.ca\/archives\/index.php\/detail\/?fondid=4673\" target=\"_blank\">P156<\/a>), as well as the Bethune Foundation Fonds (<a href=\"http:\/\/osler.library.mcgill.ca\/archives\/index.php\/detail\/?fondid=4651\" target=\"_blank\">P132<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2016\/06\/pic_2016-06-28_153301.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1833 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2016\/06\/pic_2016-06-28_153301-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"pic_2016-06-28_153301\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2016\/06\/pic_2016-06-28_153301-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2016\/06\/pic_2016-06-28_153301-768x607.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2016\/06\/pic_2016-06-28_153301-1024x810.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2016\/06\/pic_2016-06-28_153301-379x300.jpg 379w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The feature documentary (link below) can be found on NFB&#8217;s website. The grainy 16mm black and white lends itself perfectly to this understated, yet powerful biopic. Bethune was a free-thinker \u2013 deeply dedicated and passionate in his work. His legacy is still celebrated today in Canada, China, Spain, and beyond, with dedicated monuments and memorials like the statue that stands in Montreal&#8217;s Norman Bethune Square.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfb.ca\/film\/bethune\/embed\/player\/\">https:\/\/www.nfb.ca\/film\/bethune\/embed\/player\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1968, The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) made an inspiring film about Canadian physician, inventor, thoracic surgeon, war hero, humanitarian, and all-round inspiring figure, Dr. Norman Bethune (1890-1939). We recently came across this original copy of the NFB&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/the-national-film-board-of-canada-bethune-1968\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":616,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[72,218,204,237],"class_list":["post-1804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collections","tag-archives","tag-history-of-medicine","tag-history-of-medicine-in-canada","tag-norman-bethune"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/616"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1804"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2053,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1804\/revisions\/2053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}