THE WORK OF THE ARMY VETERINARY CORPS : and how it is helped by the RSPCA [Main Title]

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  • Title: THE WORK OF THE ARMY VETERINARY CORPS : and how it is helped by the RSPCA [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 114
  • Other titles: OFFICIAL PICTURES OF THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE - FIFTH SERIES [Series Title]
  • Summary: The British Army Veterinary Hospital at Neufchâtel, near Dieppe, France, spring 1916.
  • Description: An unfinished stable at the hospital, "will you help the RSPCA to complete it ?". A group of three horses. A wounded horse being attended to at a mobile veterinary section near the front. Wounded horses are entrained, then detrained at the hospital and loaded into a horse-box. The hospital itself includes an operating theatre, with horses being operated on, treatment for shrapnel wounds, and a horse-dip. The horses are then fed and exercised. A remount officer inspects the cured horses and they are led out of the stables.
  • Alternative Title: OFFICIAL PICTURES OF THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE - FIFTH SERIES [Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 114
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1916-06-12
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office (Production sponsor) British Topical Committee for War Films (Production company) Malins, Geoffrey H (Production individual) Tong, Edward G (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Army Veterinary Corps (regiment/service) RSPCA (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: animals, mammals: horse & [casualties] & [+] (object name) buildings, British - military: hospital, veterinary (object name) 01/3(4-15).5 (event) Neufchâtel, Seine-Maritime, France (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: English Subtitle language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 590 ft; Running time: 9 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 114

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    IWM 383 (SECTIONS RELEASED FROM GHQ POSITIVE BOX [Main Title])
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