Exchange of Prisoners

Series

Series Name

Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

43/30

Date Released

15 Apr 1943

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Exchange of Prisoners
2. 2Action in New Guinea
3. 3U-Boat Pack Returns to Port
4. 4Mr Eden Tells America
5. 5Women of the Navy
6. 6The Queen Broadcasts
7. 7Trailer: Salvage of Bones
8. *Royal Visit to North East - Special

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 7

Summary

862 British POWs exchanged at Mersin in Turkey for the same amount of enemy prisoners, arrive at a British port in the Middle East. One of them is Admiral Sir Walter Cowan who once commanded the battle cruiser "Repulse". As they step ashore WRENS (Women’s Royal Naval Service) hand out cigarettes.

Keywords

Women; Prisoners of war; Navy; Military

Locations

Turkey; Mersin

Length of story (in feet)

84

Story extras:

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