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Film Number

154

Title

ST. HELENS HOME GUARD

Producer

Unknown

Date

c1940

Gauge

16mm

Colour

b/w

Sound

silent

Running Time

2 mins 27 secs

Description

Men and women in civil defence uniform carry out a First Aid exercise in a bombed building, rescuing 'casualties' and carrying them on stretchers to a van and on to hospital. There are scenes at the hospital where a casualty is examined, another is unloaded, and the female driver is shown beside her - St. Helens Civil Defence Casualty Service - van.

 

 



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