Auto Page Turner (1950)

St Mary’s Hospital, London. A 9-year-old girl called Anne Wheddon lies in a hospital bed being shown how to use an automatic page turner so she can read a book. Good shot of a plug being put into an electric socket and switched on. A nurse attaches strings to each page of the book then Anne presses a button which makes a motor wind the string up on a roller, and so turn a page of the book. Note: the nurse seems to be in Order of St John uniform; commentator says that hospital libraries are run by volunteers organised by the Order of St John and the Red Cross. 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