Clip description
This segment from an Australasian Gazette newsreel from approximately 1920 shows injured soldiers from Caulfield Military Hospital attending a special matinee screening of a film, arranged by the management at Elsternwick Theatre. Injured soldiers travel in wheelchairs or are pushed in mobile hospital beds to Elsternwick Theatre, Caulfield.
Curator’s notes
This simple Australasian Gazette newsreel shows injured soldiers attending a matinee at Elsternwick Theatre, Caulfield in Melbourne. Apart from the title card at the beginning of the newsreel there are no intertitles for this poignant footage.