“To Help Barts!“ (1931)

Full title reads: “London. ’To Help Barts!’ Nurses and students revive Rahere’s (founder of Empire’s oldest hospital) famous Jester’s Song.“ St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London. A man reads a short speech about the founding of Bart’s Hospital. Medical students and nurses rehearse a song with the aid of a man dressed as a medieval court jester. Pan across to show pianist and some patients who have been wheeled out to enjoy the singing. Closer shot of the jester and some of his colleagues. 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