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Nurse Edith Cavell Desert Island Films

Films on Demand: World Cinema Video Collection Available online

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Infobase, film distributor.
Desert Island Films (Firm)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)--History.
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Motion pictures.
Genre:
Internet videos
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 34 min., 42 sec)) sound
Distribution:
New York, N.Y. Distributed by Infobase, 2019
Place of Publication:
[Place of publication not identified] : Desert Island Films, [1939]
Language Note:
Closed-captioned
System Details:
Streaming video file
System requirements: FOD playback platform
video file
Summary:
British nurse Edith Cavell (Anna Neagle) is stationed at a hospital in Brussels during World War I. When the son of a former patient escapes from a German prisoner-of-war camp, she helps him flee to Holland. Outraged at the number of soldiers detained in the camps, Edith and a group of sympathizers devises a plan to help the prisoners escape. As the group works to free the soldiers, Edith must keep her activities secret from the Germans. Nominated for an Academy Award
Contents:
Nurse Edith Cavell (34:42);
Notes:
Originally released by Desert Island Films, 1939
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on July 10, 2019
Title from distributor's description
OCLC:
1127920395
Publisher Number:
189461 Infobase
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license

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