American Medical Unit Arrives 1917

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Paperwork reads - 'First contingent of American medical unit arrives in England'.

MS nurses getting out of horse-drawn wagon in rainy street; and going into building. Pan along row of nurses; women wearing capes with Red Cross symbols.

Shot of men in uniform coming out of building....

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Cataloguer:
Cheri
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
71834
Sort Number:
ON 047 P
Time in/Out:
01:51:27:00 / 01:52:09:00
Canister:
ON 047 P
Film ID:
1866.51
Issue Date:
1917

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