Nurse Cavell Tribute At St. Paul’s, 1915 AKA A Nation’s Tribute (1915)

Nurse Cavell tribute at St. Paul’s Cathedral. London. World War One. Memorial At St. Paul’s Cathedral for Red Cross nurse / heroine / martyr Edith Cavell; head of a hospital in Belgium; who was shot by the Germans. Opens with shot of a group of nurses in long dark capes; casually standing on steps of St. Paul’s;talking. Shot from bottom of steps; panning across huge crowd including many women. Coach arriving; with Lord Mayor etc. special effects small picture of Cavell in mid-screen; with a light shining on it (or behind); the light gets smaller and turns into cross which keeps shrinking until it looks like a round picture of Nurse Cavell on top of a Red Cross emblem. 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 mor
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