Disabled Veterans Learn Trades (1914-1918)

Disabled veterans learn trades. World War One veterans- some handicapped- learn trades in industry; etc. Various kinds of work shown. Opens with GV carpentry shop with 10-12 men working at different tasks. CU man planing a board; boards leaning up against windows in BG. Shot of men in aprons bending over table; with several bottles on it; they are rubbing boards or something; maybe varnish. Men sitting on floor weaving baskets. CU one guy weaving; with cigarette sticking in his mouth. He moves himself with his hands toward camera; showing that he hasn’t any legs! Pan past a furnace; to men hitting something with hammers. Tools; skilled labour; amputees; disabled; workers. FILM ID:1878.5 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 m
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