Latest Crime of the Sinister Hun

Issue No.

355-2

Date Released

17 Jun 1918

Stories in this Issue:

Story No. within this Issue: 1 / 5
Summary: [1ST SUBTITLE]: "Burial of nurses and wounded soldiers murdered in air raid on British hospitals in France." Canadian officers standing in rubble of bombed hospital, camera tilting up. Second shot of damaged building. [2ND SUBTITLE]: "Note the large cross on the ground which is visible night and day from the air". Large pebble cross on ground with procession of troops carrying coffins passing by at the top of the picture. Officers with wreaths and nurses pass by camera. Officers carrying coffins. Line of nurses goes past. Coffins by grave. Chaplain delivers sermon. Mourners standing over mass grave. Bugles sound the Last Post.
Keywords: Ceremonies; War damage; Military; Funerals
Length of story (in feet): 117

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