Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Home from Captivity

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

783

Date Released

5 Jun 1944

Date Other

Jun 1944

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Home from Captivity
2. 2Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Fifth & "Eight" Fighting Forward
3. *Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Trailer: "Eat More Vegetables"

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 2

Section Title

Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Home From Captivity. DESCRIPTION: Over six hundred servicemen and a score of civilians who have been released from German prison camps arrive at Liverpool. The people of Liverpool turned out in force to give them a great welcome. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. GS of POW on rail of ship. GS of crowds mostly nurses lining quay. Pan along ship, crowded with repatriated prisoners. Various shots of troops disembarking, some with crutches, some carried on stretchers. CU patients as stretchers pass camera. Crowds on quay, shots of Red Cross ambulances leaving docks. Shot of soldiers on railway platform, boarding trains, nurses serve them with beverages etc. fade to hospital grounds group march through to sound of bagpipes, (actual sound). Soldier receives £6 on account. Pan to group singing "Roll out the Barrel", J Cotter speaking to troops, couple tell of their experiences (Cameramen did not take their names), one of them makes a joke about Hitler. Another soldier fit enough to go home, greeted by his fiancée & sister, kiss & embrace etc. CU Corporal Luck telling his experiences in Germany.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Music and dance; Entertainment and leisure; Vehicles; Health and medicine; Food and cooking; Economics; Railways; Ceremonies; Prisoners of war; Military; Cameramen; Newsreels

Locations

Liverpool

Footage sources

Pathe

Card file number

44878

Credits:

Camera

Graham T. Thompson

Camera

James Humphries

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

244

Story extras:

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