Ambulance Dedicated - Bought By Willesden Scouts (1916)

Islington, London. Ceremony for dedication of ambulance donated by the Willesden Boy Scout group. Outdoor event; crowd on ground watch dignitaries on platform. Hanging from platform are Union Jack flags and sign reading: “Islington Church Army“. A vicar / priest speaks and people below stand. Vicar and lady walking past ambulance itself followed by a dignitary in a wig. They pass some Boy Scouts. C/U pan on mayor, lady and vicar. Ambulance is probably for war effort (World War One). 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