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        Royal Masonic Hospital, Ravenscourt Park

        Silent colour footage of the Royal Masonic Hospital in Ravenscourt Park.

        Non-Governmental Organisations sponsored film 1966 28 mins Silent

        From the collection of:

        Logo for London's Screen Archives

        Overview

        There’s no sound for this film, which shows the inner workings of the Royal Masonic Hospital, founded in 1911 and opened on these premises in 1933. The film features many aspect of the hospital, including the kitchen, wards, theatre, physiotherapy, children’s ward, gardens and fish pond, nurse school and lounge, canteen and chapel. Also shows what appears to be a Masonic ceremony at the foundation stone, laid in May 1932, and a Masonic convalescent home outside London.