Mayor Of Southport Opens Vad Hospital Aka Wounded Soldiers At Veterans’ Hospital (1914-1918)

VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment) hospital, Southport, Lancashire. Various good shots of male patients lying or sitting beside beds in hospital wards, nurses bustle about in background. Patients are soldiers wounded during World War One, some still wear uniforms. Exterior. MS looking down long table with soldiers sitting at it, soldiers smile and laugh at camera. Good shots patients in wheelchairs in garden or leaning on veranda of hospital, some have crutches. CU nurse pushing patient in wheelchair with wicker hood. Note: title misleading - no shots of mayor in this item. For shots of Mayor of Southport inspecting hospital please see record for ON 217 F. 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 th