This recruitment film aims at peeling away the
layers to St John and to its volunteers. St John traces
its origins back 900 years to the Knights Hospitaller from
whom St. John today derives its inspiration and maxims.
Knights of St John who, in medieval times, offered care
and shelter for pilgrims and crusaders. St John Ambulance
was subsequently formed to put its humanitarian ideals
into practice in the new industrial society, promoting
the cause of first aid for the sick and wounded through
volunteer effort - a novel concept at the time and
a much-needed one. The movement spread to Australia in 1883
and has since developed into the organisation that we know
today. |
