HOSPITAL BOMBED BY GERMANS, AND FUNERAL OF THE VICTIMS [Main]


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  • Year: 1918
  • Runtime: 9 mins
  • Description: The wooden huts of the hospital show various bomb blasts but little fire damage. Four coffins, covered in Union Jacks, are wheeled on trollies by soldiers. A single coffin, also covered with a Union Jack on a wheeled trolley, is followed by a funeral procession of nurses, soldiers with wreaths, and a few civilians. The procession arrives at a temporary but extensive cemetery where a burial service is held. (Note Thomas Aitken, the official photographer, at work.)
    Funeral at a stationary hospital near Etaples, probably 9 (Canadian) Hospital, filmed three days after a bombing raid hit it on the night of 31 May 1918.
  • Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / Aitken, Thomas K / Canadian Army, Canadian Expeditionary Force / Canadian Army, Stationary Hospital 9 / British Red Cross / World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care / buildings, Canadian - military: hospital / destruction, French military - area: air raid / casualties, Canadian graves - formal / ceremonies, Canadian - event-related: funeral / journalism and record, British - photographer / 01/3(4-15).8 / Étaples, Pas-de-Calais, France / propaganda, British
  • Provider: Imperial War Museums
  • Rights: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Production company: Topical Film Company
  • Colour: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound