Ambulance Train 1930-1950

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Unused / unissued material - dates unclear or unknown.

Injured men on stretchers are carried across railway track by ambulance men. They are loaded onto a special train with doctors and nurses. An official stands by to watch this demonstration. More shots of casualties being loaded.

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
sound
Media URN:
59285
Sort Number:
UN 0162 E
Time in/Out:
01:47:40:00 / 01:48:40:00
Canister:
UN 162 E
Film ID:
590.17
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  • At 00:22 we get a glimpse that this is an LMS train. It is therefore highly likely to be one of the LMS British Ambulance Trains used during WWII, and referred to here.....

    http://iwmcollections.org.uk/collections/item/object/32498

    I think that the clip's current date range of 1930-50 can certainly be reduced to 1938-45.

    jamied 19th Jan 2013
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