A dramatised Boer War scene

The horrors of the war in South Africa - as filmed in the countryside around Blackburn. The Lancashire-based Mitchell & Kenyon, who made a number of similar re-enactments around 1899-1900, twist the knife in this short film. A nurse welcomes a number of wounded soldiers to a Red Cross tent. But this is no ordinary scene of Army life, instead this tightly presented little narrative includes mounting tension (one bombing attempt fails, the second proves successful) and an emotional twist (the nurse who greeted the wounded at the beginning is among the fallen at the end).

DRAMA. A dramtic reconstruction representing an incident in the Boer War.
A nurse is seen receiving wounded British soldiers at a Red Cross tent. A Boer emerges from behind the tent and beats a hasty retreat afterthrowing a bomb in fromt of the tent. The wounded are brought out of the tent and amongst the casulties is the nurse.
Note: Previously given under the supplied title (BOER ATTACK ON A RED CROSS OUTPOST). Filmed in the Blackburn area.