Hospital Farmyard (1914-1918)

Location of events unknown. Poultry farming on grounds of a military hospital during World War One. Panning shot soldiers (Australian or New Zealanders?) scattering feed in chicken coop. Soldier crawls along in chicken coop, removing eggs from nests. CU soldier holding a hen in each arm, the birds start flapping their wings and the soldier laughs. Livestock, animals, food. 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.