Sir William Treloar Reel 1 (1907-1910)

Sir William Purdie Treloar (Lord Mayor of London 1906) founded a hospital in the country for crippled children. The hospital was opened in 1907 in Alton, Hampshire: SIR WILLIAM TRELOAR (Reel 1) Title: “Now to the college where permanently crippled boys are taught a useful trade“. WS A boys dormitory. A man enters and the boys leap out of bed, quickly strip the sheets off their beds and run out. Title: “How many of you get up with such keenness and alacrity?“. The bathroom. Pan down a row of baths side by side with boys bathing and waiting by. “And after breakfast to the workshops“. The boys briskly walk outside to a large hut nearby (many are limping or on crutches). “In the leather shops the boys become skilled in the making of all kinds of leather goods“. Pan around the busy workshop. MS a boy shows us a smart leather suitcase and inspects it. A tutor inspects it too. “A few specimens of their handiwork“. A static display of leather cases, briefcases, wallets, bags etc. “In the bootshop the