Sightless Soldiers Recreation (1916) - First World War | BFI
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Sightless Soldiers Recreation (1916) - First World War | BFI. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetotheBFI. The charity St. Dunstan's, known today as Blind Veterans UK, was founded by Arthur Pearson in 1915 to help the increasing number of blind and visually impaired servicemen returning from WWI. In this item from the Topical Budget newsreel, a group of soldiers from the St. Dunstan's hostel enjoy a spot of rowing on the Regent's Park lake, and are assisted by a female coxswain. All titles on the BFI Films channel are preserved in the vast collections of the BFI National Archive. To find out more about the Archive visit http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections More videos about the First World War: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOGU5cEHyfg&list=PLXvkgGofjDzid2ODxnNojodGZS9Lovxox Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BFI Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BritishFilmInstitute Follow us on Google+: https://plus.google.com/+britishfilminstitute/ More about the BFI: http://www.bfi.org.uk/ -
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Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=783vQiMm350
Resource type: Video
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