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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

1231

Title

[CHILDRENS ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL; BOY SCOUTS]

Producer

Charles Taylor

Date

*1933-45

Gauge

16mm

Colour

b/w & colour

Sound

silent

Running Time

14 mins 20 secs

Description

Scenes from an orthopaedic hospital, preceded by scenes of boys and girls exercising, a woman dancing and the sea. Hospital scenes are followed by shots of a man lighting a fire and then of a man fighting a heath fire. Followed by scenes of a group of men (African?) dancing, of waterfalls and rapids and further foreign scenes. Also includes scenes of children, including scouts, playing intercut with street scenes and ending with shots of a family on a beach (Port Erin, Isle of Man).
[The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]

 

 



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