| BATTLE SCARRED BUT SMILING Hospital ship brings soldiers wounded in Middle East to South African port. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5550 |
| Catalog #: | 265185 | |
| Clip Number: | 265185-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 41/4 | |
| Timecode: | 01:27:35 - 01:28:46 | |
| Location: | South Africa | |
| Year Shot: | 1941 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | LOCATIONS/AFRICA: South Africa MILITARY: Misc, British OCCUPATIONS: Medical, Nurses TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Hospital Ships TRANSPORTATION/RAIL: Passenger WORLD WAR TWO, MILITARY: Arrivals WORLD WAR TWO, MILITARY: Medical | |
| Description: | "Battle Scarred but Smiling". Hospital ships brings British soldiers wounded in war zone of Middle East to port in South Africa. Various shots of crowds of soldiers and sailors waving from deck, out of portholes. We see a crowd of them standing with a chaplain, they all give the thumbs up sign. Various shots of ambulances waiting on quayside. We see a badly injured army officer lying in a crate, it is lowered onto quay using crane - not very dignified! C/U of two young sailors talking to an officer with a clipboard. M/S of soldier with wounded leg hopping down gang plank. Various shots of men going onto specially built hospital train. Various shots of soldiers, sailors and nurses inside train. Officers on platform wave at carriages as train pulls out of station. | |
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