Hospital Ship 1910-1929

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Hospital Ship.

Location of events unknown.

British Army soldiers wheeling a two-wheeled cart carrying a wounded man on a stretcher. They push it down a path; then carry stretcher into a small building (which might lead to dock).

Next; shot taken from docks (?) looking up at...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Cheri
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
76389
Sort Number:
ON 311 A
Time in/Out:
01:45:17:00 / 01:47:52:00
Canister:
ON 311 A
Film ID:
2400.16
Issue Date:
1910 - 1929

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  • "men on deck of hospital ship ('Oxfordshire'?)" - yes, the vessel is the HMHS Oxfordshire.

    I think the clip's current, and rather wide, date range of 1910-29 can safely be reduced to 1914-1918.

    jamied 28th Dec 2012

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