NURSE CAVELL'S GRAVE AND MEMORIAL [Main Title]

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  • Title: NURSE CAVELL'S GRAVE AND MEMORIAL [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 384
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  • Summary: Various locations associated with Nurse Edith Cavell in Brussels, 9th January 1919.
  • Description: Three Australian officers stand with a Belgian officer as escort on the balcony of the prison where Nurse Cavell was held. Next, they stand by the plaque in the prison yard marking the place where she was shot. A close-up of her grave, decorated with flowers and with Red Cross and British flags, tracking out to show other graves in the cemetery. People lay flowers at the foot of the statue of Nurse Cavell erected in the centre of Brussels. Australian soldiers and Belgian civilians hand out toys to children.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 384)
  • Featured Period: 1919-1938
  • Production Date: 1919
  • Production Country: Australia
  • Production Details: Australian War Records Section (Production sponsor) Young, S H E (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Belgian Army (regiment/service) British Army, Australian Imperial Force (regiment/service) Australian Army, Australian Imperial Force (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: buildings, German - institutional: prison (object name) casualties, Belgian graves - formal (object name) casualties, British graves - formal (object name) administration, German - occupation (object name) First World War, Armistice & 9/1/1919 (event) Brussels, Brabant, Belgium (geography) Children (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: 287 ft; Running time: 5 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Title: this is taken from the shotsheet Production: Australian official film, among the last film taken by any of the British or Dominion camera teams
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 384

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