Korean Campaigners Reach Home

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1169A
Date Released
1 Nov 1951
Date submitted
29 Oct 1951
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Churchill Returns to Downing Street
  2. 2Household Cavalry Display in Paris
  3. 3Royal Tour - Return Journey Greetings
  4. 4Korean Campaigners Reach Home
  5. 5The Battle for Bloody Ridge
  6. *Dundee Capture Scottish League Cup

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Korean Campaigners Reach Home. DESCRIPTION: When the troopship Devonshire recently arrived in the Mersey, she was bringing home about six hundred young veterans from Korea. Among them were the mortar-battery and survivors of the Glorious Gloucesters, who received President Truman’s citation for their great gallantry in the heroic Imjin River battle. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. GV Devonshire troopship. Stern of ship showing name Devonshire. Troops on decks waving; out of portholes. Earl of Orkney (Driver Cecil Fitzmaurice) poses on deck. General shaking hands with troops on deck. Several shots of the Gloucesters. Groups aboard ship.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Entertainment and leisure; Aristocracy; Military
Locations
Merseyside
Footage sources
Gaumont
Card file number
56280
Credits:
Camera
James Humphries
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
72
Story extras:
Film clip

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