Amputee Veterans At Queen Marys Workshop (1914 1919)

Modified WPA record. World War One; disabilities. Amputee veterans on crutches coming out of building sign Queen Mary s Workshop. They learn trades a vocational school for wounded. skills; crafts. A long line of onelegged men; a few with both legs but missing an arm; and one double legamputee in a wheelchair. Sad. Pan along group of the men posing; with Red Cross nurse. CU whitemoustached officer and an official. Shoemaking: men working on boots. CU Man wearing apron; hammering. Another hammers sole of boot; pan to Instructor helping man. Office machines. Men sit at typewriters man typing 1handed. Man running an adding machine. A group of wounded veterans sit in a class; pan across; instructor; an Army man; in BG stands at blackboard writing the nonword Stickability (is that like Sticktoitiveness ) then turns; speaks; using encouraging armgestures making fist etc. Playing cricket. Some of the men are hopping on their one leg Veterans learn to work on automobiles etc. Pan ac