Title:HOLIDAY IN FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 1938 [Main Title]
Film Number:MGH 5187
Other titles:AMATEUR FILM BY DR JOHN BATES [Alternative Title]
Summary: Amateur film shot by Dr J V Bates MC while motoring with his family from Calais to Geneva (Swiss Army soldiers cross road) to Oex and Argentière in the French Alps, before returning through Paris (Parc Monceau, Eiffel Tower) where wall posters announce the call up of French Army reservists (Munich Crisis).
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Alternative Title:AMATEUR FILM BY DR JOHN BATES [Alternative Title]
Production Details: Bates, John Vincent18921950-08-14Military Cross citation
The London Gazette, Publication date: 22 September 1916, Supplement:29760, Page:9271
"Temp. Lt. John Vincent Bates, R.A.M.C.
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when tending wounded men under heavy shell fire, utterly regardless of his own safety. He made repeated efforts to save wounded men from burning when his dressing station was set on fire by a shell. His conduct throughout several days of heavy fighting was very fine." (Production individual)
