1918 British POWs return to Dover

Date: 21st November 1918

Location: ENGLAND, Kent, Dover

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

SLATE INFORMATION: Back in Blighty: British Prisoners of War Arriving at Dover After Years of Captivity

ENGLAND: Kent: Dover: Various:

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SV ship draws near, deck full of prisoners (wearing military uniform) waving.

SV pan prisoners on board waving.

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SV prisoners carrying their kitbags march off along dockside.

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SV prisoners march round corner past crowds.

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SV pan prisoners on bord waving.

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SV prisoners walk along gangplank onto shore.

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GV pan prisoners waving from ship.

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SV elev. prisoners walking off ship.

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MV prisoners drinking cups of tea.

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SV elev. trucks carrying prisoners round corner past crowds lining the road.

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World War I, First World War, Great War, war, prisoner, POW, homecoming, British Army, soldiers

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