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Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1375A

Date Released

13 Oct 1955

Date submitted

10 Oct 1955

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1HMS Ark Royal
2. 2Hurricane Janet
3. 3Return Home
4. 4Conference Time
5. 5News in Brief: Athens - Last Tribute
6. 6News in Brief: Cyprus Arrivals
7. 7News in Brief: Goat Joins Up
8. *Ireland V Scotland Soccer International
9. *Great Britain V New Zealand - Rugby Test

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

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:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

68

Story extras:

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