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Approaching Wisbech

1938 , Wisbech (Cambridgeshire)

Cat no. 974

Amateur story film to show the response of the No.10 Wisbech Branch of St John's Ambulance Brigade, along with the police and GPO Telephone Service, to a staged road accident.

On an August Sunday, cars, buses, motorcycles and bicycles are travelling along a road, perhaps Cromwell Road, four miles from Wisbech. A party of careless cyclists are knocked down by a car and lie in the road. Two members of St John's Ambulance arrive and one returns to the roadside HQ to summon help. More brigade members arrive and administer first aid as bystanders look on. A policeman arrives on a bicycle and takes notes. Back at brigade HQ, a telephone call is made - the exchange switchboard is shown as the call is put through to the police station. An ambulance leaves the garage of W.H Johnson and Sons, Motor Engineers, and arrives at the scene. A victim is taken to the hospital by the ambulance. The final sequence shows the Brigade's fund raising day: money is collected in sheets spread by the roadside. Captions appeal for support. The film ends with flag sellers outside shops in Wisbech.

Keywords

Cyclists; Emergency services; Fundraising; Road accidents; St John's Ambulance Brigade

Manifestations

Approaching Wisbech

  • Barcode
    INV378483
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:11:23
    Modification Date
    04/11/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    733017
  • Barcode
    INV325589
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:11:23
    Modification Date
    04/11/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    733015
  • Barcode
    INV334596
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:11:23
    Modification Date
    04/11/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    733012
  • Barcode
    INV346786
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    DV digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:07:17
    Modification Date
    03/11/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    732928
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV384782
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    master digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:07:17
    Modification Date
    03/11/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    732907
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV153240
    Canonical Identifier
    TB 1076
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    Umatic tape
    Dimension
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    28/07/2008
    Parts
    Reference
    674188
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV265371
    Canonical Identifier
    VP-514
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    16mm film
    Duration
    0:10:30
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    563513
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV244588
    Canonical Identifier
    A-447
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    16mm film
    Colour Type
    bw
    Has Sound
    N
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    negative
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    561324
    Sound
    silent

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