1943 British Prisoners of War happy to return home

Date: 1st November 1943

Location: Gothenburg, Sweden

Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)

Gaumont British Ident

SLATE INFORMATION: Prisoners of War! Back to Blighty

EUROPE: Various:

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ATLANTIS.....HOSPITAL SHIP. Red Cross on side men hanging out of portholes

COUNTRY SCENES Fields & country hedges taken from train as repatriated prisoners pass thru. on way home. Faces at Windows

DARLING, Wm. Y. Edinburgh Provost Makes speech to greet repatriated war prisoners at Leith

DROTTNINGHOLM Brings repatriated prisoners home to Leith

"EMPRESS OF RUSSIA" Brings home repatriated prisoners home to Leith..Interviews with men on-board.

FLAGS. RED CROSS FLAG (Short shot)

FOOD Red. X. Distributes Buns, beer, tea, chocolate etc to repatriated war prisoners on train

GENEVA Gen shots of Lights (night)

GERMAN MILITARY Repatriated P.O.Ws.exchanged atvGothenburg Sweden

British & German Red.X. ships come into dock for exchange of P.O.Ws. Crown princess Louise visits troops

HOSPITAL SHIP. ATLANTIS, DROTNINGHOLM & EMPRESS OF RUSSIA bring repatriated P.O. Wm. home to England from Germany

LEITH Repatriated P.O. Ws. arr. on hospital ships--Empress of Russia & Drotningholm..Interviews with men on board ship..Greeting by Adjutant General (Sir R. Adam) & Edinburghs Lord Provist (Sir Will. Y. Darling). Prisoners disembark etc etc

LIVERPOOL Hospital ship Atlantis arrives at Liverpool with repatriated war prisoners .. Greeting by Adjutant General .. troops disenbark .. Blind prisoners etc

MILITARY BRITISH Repatriated P.O.Ws, arrive home from Germany..Disembarking & entraining..Wounded, blind etc

PRISONERS OF WAR REPATRIATED P.O.Ws. COME HOME FROM GERMANY. Hospital ships arr. Liverpool & Leith.men looking out of port-holes & all over deck..greetings by adjutant General & Lord Provost of Edinburgh..disembark-cripples have artificial limbs attendet to..Blind led along by guides..Singing Roll out the Barrel. Exchange scenes at Gothenburg Sweden

RAILWAYS. Ger. Red-X, train in Switzerland..British repatriated P.O.Ws leave disembarkation ports in England on trains for homes Red-X, Workers supply..food, drinks & cigarettes etc,, scenes of English fields & countryside taken as men look thru train windows.

RED CROSS. Help Brit.P.O.Ws. from Ger.home to Britain

RED CROSS SWISS. At work in Geneva..Headquarters building etc

SWEDEN Exch. of Brit. & Ger. P.O. Ws. at Gothenburg

SWEDEN, Crown Prince & Princess Exchange of British & German P.O.W's at Gothenburg.. Troops visited by Crown Princess Louise

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