Lusitania Parade; Ambulances; (1914-1918)

Lusitania parade. Charing Cross, London. World War One; home front; England. Lusitania (passenger liner sunk by German U-boat in May 1915) parade and ambulances for Red Cross. Opens with DS of large crowd in park; a man & boy stand on top of car. DS of crowd pushed together; lining street for parade; a cart passes. Then a Lusitania float — actually its a canoe with 7 women in it; all dressed in white and with white flags; above it a banner about the ship; German brutality; etc. Pan on parade route street; line of soldiers in first row. DS looking up the street; crowds still on either side; as ambulances with Red Cross symbol approach. CU same. FILM ID: 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 the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from