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Royal Honour for Little Cripple

Series

Series Name
Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.
249-2
Date Released
3 Jun 1916
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Queensland Contingent
  2. 2Countess Torby at War Hospital
  3. 3Intercession Service
  4. 4Royal Honour for Little Cripple
  5. 5Anti-Aircraft Guns

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
[SUBTITLE]: "The Lord Mayor on his visit to the Alton Cripple Hospital presents Queen Alexandra’s medal to an inmate whose father is a prisoner in Germany." Long shot of hospital buildings. Close shot of mayor and dignitaries. Mayor is shown a child lying on a special bed in the open air. Mayor sees another child on such a bed indoors.
Keywords
Health and medicine; Children; Local government
Length of story (in feet)
60

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British Film Institute (BFI)
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Notes
The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
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