{"id":1700,"date":"2016-12-21T20:36:21","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T01:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=1700"},"modified":"2016-12-22T07:27:36","modified_gmt":"2016-12-22T12:27:36","slug":"vintage-film-a-will-and-a-way-1975-the-story-of-the-nc-ems-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/vintage-film-a-will-and-a-way-1975-the-story-of-the-nc-ems-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Vintage Film – A Will and a Way, 1975 – The Story of the NC EMS System"},"content":{"rendered":"

From his archives of retired Wake County EMS veteran Joseph Zalkin comes this 19-minute short film,\u00a0A Will and a Way – The Story of Emergency Medical Services in North Carolina.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Produced by the North State Office of EMS with a grant from the North Carolina Association of Insurance Agents, it describes the evolution of the state’s ambulance systems, from funeral home ambulances, to volunteer rescue squads, and finally a state EMS system.<\/p>\n

There’s ample footage of Wendell Rescue Squad, including their old ambulances and some station and scene footage. Beacon Ambulance Service has a long bit, and there are some shots of looks like Clayton Rescue Squad.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As for the street shots, most of those on St. Mary’s and Morgan streets, says Zalkin. The hospital location is old Rex Hospital, at St. Mary’s Street and Wade Avenue.<\/p>\n

The film was converted some years ago from 16mm to\u00a0S-VHS and later DVD. Recently re-discovered in Zalkin’s archives. Scroll down to watch. Scroll further down for more notes about this great footage.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And, of course, for deep reading on the subject of local ambulance and rescue history, visit legeros.com\/history\/ems<\/a>. From there, you’ll be directed to the History of EMS in Wake County Facebook page<\/a>, for photos.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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View on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

Some of the familiar faces, notes Zalkin, include:<\/p>\n