British Pow’s Home

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1248

Date Released

4 May 1953

Date submitted

2 May 1953

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Extension to Naval Memorial
2. 2British Pow’s Home
3. 3The Cup Final
4. *Rangers Win Scottish Cup

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: British Pow’s Home. DESCRIPTION: Arriving back in England, the British Prisoners of War recently released by the Communists in Korea are welcomed home. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Hastings taxies. Crowds, relatives, waving on aerodrome. Hasting taxies. Prisoners alight, walking. Stretcher cases come off. Crowds round them. Private Hunt of the Gloucesters speaks at mike. CU Fusilier Hodkinson speaking. Private Cox of Gloucester speaking. Lance Corporal Guess with his fiancée. Private Read. Private Hartland. Rifleman Roberts with his wife & two kiddies. One soldier leans out of coach & kisses girl.

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure; Health and medicine; Children; Aviation; Military

Locations

Wiltshire; Lyneham

Card file number

58970

Credits:

Camera

George Richardson

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Martin Gray

Length of story (in feet)

212

Story extras:

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