Empress Eugenie’s House As Hospital - Part 1 (1914-1918)

Somewhere in England. 1914 - 1918? Several shots at the former home of Empress Eugenie, wife of the late Napoleon III, which has been turned into a hospital for soldiers (?) and war wounded. A wounded man sits in a wheelchair on a terrace. A monk gives him a cigarette and lights it. A nurse hands out cigarettes to wounded and recuperating soldiers sitting on a bench outside the house. Nice footage of the men enjoying their ciggies. Modified WPA record. 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 (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to t