shoshana levy kampos.e second world war of one of britain's most cherished institutions, the national health service. for the first time, all would be able to access free universal healthcare. witness has been speaking to olive bellfield, who was a nurse when it began. i had always... it was a great thing that i wanted, was to be a nurse. anyone asked me, you know, what do you want to do when you grow up? i always said, i want to be a nurse. i started nursing when i was 18, in 19115. you were then accepted for 12 weeks. you lived within the nurses‘ home. and of course, it was so exciting. it sounds a bit ludicrous now but, you know, when you think, you got your uniform, which was pink. if we passed, that was it. we could then carry on and realise our ambition of nursing. and you know, joy upon joy, it happened. newsreel: britain's doctors, hospitals and health centres come under state control in the £152 million a year national health service bill, soon to come on the statute books. from july 5th, the new