On the Home Front

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Series

Series Name
Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.
40/42
Date Released
23 May 1940
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Convoy Bombed
  2. 2Weygand New C-In-C
  3. 3Allies Counter Attack
  4. 4On the Home Front
  5. 5Nazi Kultur
  6. 6On the Western Front

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 6
Summary
Barbed wire placed around Government buildings. Aliens arriving at and settling in at an internment camp for foreign nationals. Children at a railway station on the first stage of their evacuation to Wales. Refugees from the lowlands arriving in England and of them at reception centre - also Alexandra Palace which is being used as a refugee reception centre. The Queen inspects women of the Women’s Ambulance Driving Brigade in grounds of Buckingham Palace. After march past they are followed by ambulances which were presented to them by Hollywood film stars.
Keywords
Royalty; Entertainment and leisure; Vehicles; Women; Displaced persons; Military
Locations
London
Length of story (in feet)
293
Story extras:
Film clip
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Name
British Pathe Ltd
Email
info@britishpathe.com
Web
https://www.britishpathe.com/
Phone
0207 665 8340
Address
3.29 Canterbury Court
1-3 Brixton Road
London
SW9 6DE
Notes
Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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