Chelsea Pensioners (1956)

Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London.
Pensioners in their red uniform are seen working at a table and fashioning artificial flowers from old nylons that have been dyed by the Red Cross. C/U shots of two men cutting stockings and making flower petals. One of them puts the flower together, all in vibrant colours. Shot of Red Cross worker putting some of the flowers in a cellophane box.
Note that there are no shots of the hospital exterior.
FILM ID:43.16

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