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1943 DEFENCE: World War Two: 400 British prisoners of war return from Italy under repatriation
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2:27Now PlayingDate: 3rd May 1943
Location: ENGLAND
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: Good Scenes
Repatriated prisoners posing for photocall with nurses in grounds of hospital / Repatriated prisoners posing with nurses in grounds of hospital and singing "BLESS 'EM ALL" SOT / Wounded soldier with eye patch playing Accordion SOT / PAN wounded troops and nurses singing SOT / Men and nurse singing SOT
Sergeant Peter Lowe up steps of his house with kit and rings bell / Loweon doorstep as mother opens door and gives me hug/embrace SOT
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Peter Lowe with Mrs. Lowe and another man sitting having tea in living, and talking
Mrs Lowe SOT
- It's marvelous to have you home Pete. I had 14 months of hell waiting for you to come back. Oh! but aren't you thin!
Peter SOT
- Oh! you don't have to worry about that now Mother, I'm home - let's have a cup of tea
Mrs. Lowe speaking to her son Peter SOT
- Oh! Peter aren't you thin?
Peter SOT
- You think I am thin. We were starving over there. If it hadn't been for the Red Cross we should never have lived. We had marvelous parcels, but now don't let us worry about that - let's have a cup of tea
Military - Active; Medicine and Health; Prisoners of War; Military - Injured
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