Open Air Cure Helps Tommy To Regain Health… 1916

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World War One: casualties.

Great item showing wounded British soldiers recovering at military hospital.

Shot of long low building with large open windows all along side; an "open-air Ward" at a hospital. Pan to several men sitting in windows or leaning against building outside. The...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
70937
Sort Number:
ON 002 L
Time in/Out:
01:06:37:00 / 01:07:45:00
Canister:
ON 002 L
Film ID:
1662.08
Issue Date:
1916

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British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
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