'Off to Mespot’. Large RAF Draft Leave Uxbridge - And Depart for Irak [Sic] on the ‘Braemar Castle’, the 1st RAF Troop Ship

Series

Series Name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue

Issue No.

1199

Date Released

18 Sep 1922

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Our Frontier Wars in India. Striking Exclusive Pictures ...
2. 2A 200 Year Old Mortar. Presented by America to KRRC in Memory of Regiment’s Origin in Philadelphia in 1755
3. 3International Sheep Dog Trials. Held at Criccieth, North of Wales, Demonstrated the Sagacity of Canine Shepherds
4. 4'Off to Mespot’. Large RAF Draft Leave Uxbridge - And Depart for Irak [Sic] on the ‘Braemar Castle’, the 1st RAF Troop Ship

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

Cheering air force personnel. Airman says goodbye to wife and baby from troop train. Airmen embarking and leaving wives.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Aviation; Railways; Military

Library number GR

6053

Length of story (in feet)

72

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Film Archive

Name

Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

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Notes

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