Duke Visits Disabled (1920)

Nr. Andover, Hampshire. Intertitle: “DUKE of CONNAUGHT - ever zealous in the welfare of the disabled soldier - visits Enham Village Centre“. Prince Arthur, the Duke of Connaught visits a home for soldiers disabled in the First World War. Various shots of the Duke making his way round a crowded garden to shake the hands with disabled soldiers. He shakes the hand of one man with a bandaged head who is carrying a toddler in his arms, the Duke pinches the baby’s cheek. The Duke is taken to a section of the garden where one of the soldiers using some sort of mechanical device - this could be a demonstration of the ways that the soldiers are put to work ( he might be making rope ). 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, whi