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"Building New Red Cross Hospital at Blackpool".

The Kings Lancashire Military Convalescent Hospital, Squires Gate, Blackpool.
(opened in 1916)

Produced by Pathe, 1915.
Duration:  1 minute 22 seconds

Workers constructing the Kings Lancashire Military Convalescent Hospital for wounded soldiers, Squires Gate, Blackpool, 1915. The site was previously the Clifton Park Racecourse.

Scenes include:

• Panning shot of workers roofing over the old grandstand. 
• Workers standing on angled supports in the rafters working on the roof. 
• Another shot of carpenters in progress, much activity. 
• Panning shot of hospital building; a soldier walks past some steps and meets some other soldiers, behind them is the converted grandstand. 
• Mid-shot of workmen working on wooden structure, fitting windows. 
• Long-shot of man walking towards several single storey brick huts, still under construction.