Piccaver (1932)
Full titles read: And now Pathetone Weekly presents the celebrated Operatic Tenor Piccaver. Singing to disabled exservice men at a concert at Queen Mary s Hospital, Roehampton. (Organised by Stock Exchange War Wounded Entertainment Fund. ) Roehampton, London. Various shots of tenor Alfred Piccaver singing on a stage at Queen Mary s Hospital. Numerous cutaways show men sitting in the audience; some are in beds at the front, some of the others have bandages on their heads or their arms in slings, some sit in wheelchairs. A group of nurses watch too. Unusual shot of Piccaver against a backdrop of the men watching. The men applaud and cheer at the end of the number. (Cheering continues over Pathetone end titles. ) FILM 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
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