Stretcher Bearers Up (1916)

Stretcher bearers up - practising for the day they will work in action under shell fire - 1916. Location of events unknown. Stretcher bearers’ drill. Opens with RAMC men practising lifting and lowering stretchers while keeping them balanced level. Next an enactment of a rescue. Team of 4 men finds man lying on ground. They unbutton his jacket. Three lift him while kneeling; while 4th brings stretcher. They put the man on the stretcher and carry him off. Casualties; wounded; soldiers; first aid. World War One. Medical; military. 403A FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (193