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Plumer Decorating Women of FANY and VAD

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AuthorMinistry of Information
TitlePlumer Decorating Women of FANY and VAD
NotesGeneral Sir Herbert Plumer, commanding Second Army, presents medals for bravery to FANY and VAD officers at Blendecques, Western Front, 3 July 1917. The ceremony takes place in a field, with men of Plumer's staff watching as he pins medals for bravery onto women officers of the Queen Alexandra's First Aid Nursing Yeomanry and the Voluntary Aid Detachment, each in turn. One of the girls, and one of the staff officers, start giggling as the ceremony progresses. A final posed line of the FANY and VAD officers with their medals.
Item Date3rd July 1917
Creation placeBlendecques, France (Google Maps)
File typeVideo
Item sourceDVD copy of original film
Item mediumDVD copy of original film
ContentFootage
KeywordsGroup, Women, Medical
Collection IDIWM 260
Repository nameImperial War Museum Film and Video Archive
Repository address
Imperial War Museum
Lambeth Road
London
SE1 6HZ
UK
Repository URLhttp://www.iwm.org.uk/
CataloguerAlisa Miller
FilenameIWMFILM260-low.mp4
CopyrightThe Imperial War Museum Film Archive
Digital repositoryThe First World War Poetry Digital Archive
ProducerTopical Film Company
CameramenMcDowell, J. B.
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/5515