Special Constables’ Stretcher Drill (1917)

Special Constable stretcher drill. Location of events unknown. World War One; home front; medical; rescue. Special Constables practice emergency First Aid techniques. Specials marching carrying stretchers. They practice using splint; bandaging leg of ’wounded’ man’; then lift him onto stretcher carefully; lift stretcher and start to carry it away. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.