American Medical Unit Arrives (1917)

Paperwork reads - ’First contingent of American medical unit arrives in England’. MS nurses getting out of horse-drawn wagon in rainy street; and going into building. Pan along row of nurses; women wearing capes with Red Cross symbols. Shot of men in uniform coming out of building. MS men chatting and laughing together. MS rows of men. 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 the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.