GENERAL PLUMER DECORATING NURSES [Main Title]


  • Title: GENERAL PLUMER DECORATING NURSES [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 268
  • Other titles:
  • Summary: General Sir Herbert Plumer, GOC Second Army (back to camera) presents medals to a line of four British nurses in a field near Blendecques, Western Front, 26 June 1918.
  • Description:
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1918
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor) Topical Film Company (Production company) McDowell, J B (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Plumer, Herbert Charles Onslow (person) British Red Cross (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ceremonies, British - event-related: investiture (object name) 01/3(4-15).8 (event) Blendecques, Pas-de-Calais, France (geography) (concept)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 70 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • Notes: Title: this is taken from the shotsheet. Summary: see also IWM 260 PLUMER DECORATING WOMEN OF FANY AND VAD for a comparable investiture.
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 268

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