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- British Movietone News
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- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 7
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Released Pow’s (The Return Home). DESCRIPTION: After a nine day rail journey, the first large batch of repatriated prisoners of war arrived in Germany, from a prison camp in Russia. SHOTLIST: SCU railway station and train coming in. CU ex POW’s in train waving from windows. CU name plate of Herleshausen station. CU crowd giving flowers to men. CU various shots of POW’s being feted by crowd. SCU buses going to Friedland. CU POW’s waving at crowd from bus windows. CU man greeting his family, kissing etc. CU various women with photos of lost sons and husbands.
- Keywords
- Prisoners of war
- Locations
- Germany; Herleshausen; Eschwege
- Footage sources
- Germany
- Card file number
- 64800
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Geoffrey Sumner
- Length of story (in feet)
- 68
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