Title:BRITISH NURSES WITH FIRST ARMY; CONCERT FOR THE TROOPS [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 376/1/2
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Nurses of the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service at the 72nd General Hospital at Souk Ahras, Algeria.
Description: 26 March. Nursing sisters walking with patients in the hospital grounds. A group of nurses on the hospital entrance stairs. M Dorcey from Darlington stops to speak to an Arab child. N E Sheldrake from London and P Lyness from Scotland assist a blind soldier. S Nichol laughs and jokes with an officer patient. Inside the hospital, K Hopkin gives wounded soldiers a drink. In the nurses' quarters Sister Sheldrake irons her uniform.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
Penman, D HBritish Army cameraman in WWII (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Army Medical Corps, 72nd General Hospital (regiment/service)
British Army, 6th Armoured Division (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Corps of Signals (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Engineers (regiment/service)
Keywords: Algeria (geography)
Sakiet Sidi Youssef, Tunisia (geography)
Le Kef, Tunisia (geography)
Tunisia 1942-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)
