TOPICAL BUDGET 277-2 [Main]
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År: 1916
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Lengde: 3 mins
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Beskrivelse: I. 'LEWIS ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN. Troops on the Macedonian front anxiously watch the effect of the machine gun fire on an enemy aeroplane.' Australian troops look up into the sky as a man fires Lewis - the gun has been attached to the top of a wooden post by a pivot AA mount. One of the men changes the magazine, but it jams and has to be changed before firing resumes. Another fresh magazine is then fitted successfully.II. 'MASSAGE BY BLIND SOLDIERS. An occupation which is particularly suitable for soldiers who have been blinded at the front. Men being taught the correct method of massage and bandaging for various complaints.' An unusually healthy and well-muscled 'patient' lies stripped to the waist on a doctor's couch as a blind man massages his chest and neck - a supervisor looks on. The masseur runs an electric vibrator along the patient's arm to stimulate the circulation - the supervisor makes an adjustment to the machine. The trainee bandages a man's hand.III. 'TURKEYS FOR CHRISTMAS. As a large percentage of the normal supply of turkeys from abroad, will not be available, those reared on the Norfolk farms will be much dearer.' Turkeys are driven through opened gate into a field. Four women sit in a row in the farmyard cheerfully plucking turkeys - in front of them on a pile of discarded feathers, a newly killed bird twitches spastically.IV. 'SWIMMING AT THE FRONT. Belgian soldiers marching to their rest camp, and enjoying a swim in a specially constructed bathing pool, at the back of the front lines.' A Belgian detachment passes diagonally right to left preceded by buglers and a small band. Cut to a small rectangular pool surrounded by wooden staging - some men swim while one, stripped to the waist, stands at the edge rinsing his face and arms. Another man has merely rolled up his sleeves and washes his hands.V. 'LADY BEATTY'S SAILOR GUESTS. Brooksby Hall, the residence of Lady Beatty has been fitted up as a Naval convalescent hospital, some of the inmates from the Jutland Battle enjoy a game of football with the Matron-Nurse Mortlock.' On a garden lawn a group of sailors play with a football - several of the participants are amputees, including two men with amputated legs, who perforce play on crutches. The game is played with spirit and the nurse, when she comes into possession of the ball, is treated with no exaggerated respect. The men on crutches prove to be remarkably able players.
I. Lewis gun on AA mounting in use in Macedonia.II. Blinded soldiers are taught to become masseurs.III. Christmas turkeys.IV. Belgian soldiers enjoy a swim at a rest camp.V. Convalescent sailors play football.
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Nøkkelord: EFG1914 / World War I / Mortlock (Nurse) / Australian Army / St Dunstan's School for the War Blinded / Belgian Army / Royal Navy / World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations, British / Brooksby Hall / combat, Australian - anti-aircraft / weapons, Australian - smallarm (mounted): Lewis gun / medical, British military - long term: blind ex-servicemen / training, British - specialist: body massage / agriculture, British - animal: turkeys / recreation, Belgian military - casual: swimming / medical, British military - long term: naval convalescent home / recreation, British naval - sport: football / Greece & Salonika area, Macedonia / Norfolk, England, UK / GB, England & Melton Mowbray, Leics
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Leverandør: Imperial War Museums
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Rettigheter: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
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Produksjonsselskap: Topical Film Company
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Farge: Black & White
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Sound: Without sound
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