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Amateur film shot by Reverend Father Vincent Fay, a Catholic Chaplain to the Forces (British Army) from 1944 to 1946, and attached to No 9 British Military Hospital during the advance of British forces through Belgium, Holland and Germany, records aspects of his work as a priest as well as events related to the war.
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Reel 1: Antwerp, Belgium. Scenes at the Colonial University, where No 9 British Military Hospital was stationed.
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Reel 2: Erecting tents for No 9 British Military Hospital in grounds of Franciscan Monastery at Venray, Holland.
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Reel 3: Scenes of devastation in Monastery at Venray.
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Reel 4: Life in No 9 British Military Hospital at Venray. Reverend Fay is seen cycling and also indulging in mock fight with his life-long friend Reverend Bernard Slevin, also an Army Chaplain. Allied Airborne forces pass overhead on 17 September 1944, en route to Arnhem.
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Reel 5: No 9 British Military Hospital leaving Venray and en route to relieve Belsen Concentration Camp. Scenes of mass graves.
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Reel 6: Ceremonial burning of last hut in Belsen. Visit to Berlin to repatriate Polish refugees via the Russian Zone.
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Reel 7: Life in No 9 British Military Hospital at former Luftwaffe Barracks at Rissen near Hamburg. Departure of Colonel Oram. Convalescent home on the River Elbe. Scenes of bomb damage and traffic in Hamburg.
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Reel 8: Sports day at No 9 British Military Hospital at Rissen, 1945-1946.
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Reel 9: Chaplains' conferences at Hamburg Golf Club, 1945-1946. (To be sent to IWM later)
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16mm
