Battle Scarred But Smiling (1941)

Title reads: “Battle Scarred but Smiling“. Hospital ships brings British soldiers wounded in war zone of Middle East to port in South Africa. Various shots of crowds of soldiers and sailors waving from deck, out of portholes. We see a crowd of them standing with a chaplain, they all give the thumbs up sign. Various shots of ambulances waiting on quayside. We see a badly injured army officer lying in a crate, it is lowered onto quay using crane - not very dignified! C/U of two young sailors talking to an officer with a clipboard. M/S of soldier with wounded leg hopping down gang plank. Various shots of men going onto specially built hospital train. Various shots of soldiers, sailors and nurses inside train. Officers on platform wave at carriages as train pulls out of station. 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 ENQU