Item title reads - First home on West Front leave.
M/S of troops crowding around as names are drawn from a tin, those chosen cheer and run forward. C/U's of the men who are going back to Britain on leave - Fusilier William Maskell, South Tottenham; Trooper Harry Bennett, Sutton, Surrey and...
Item title reads - First home on West Front leave.
M/S of troops crowding around as names are drawn from a tin, those chosen cheer and run forward. C/U's of the men who are going back to Britain on leave - Fusilier William Maskell, South Tottenham; Trooper Harry Bennett, Sutton, Surrey and Private James Moore, Filwood, Bristol. Various shots of troops climbing aboard the leave lorry. C/U of hand writing 'Blighty Bound' on side of vehicle with chalk. L/S vehicles leaving camp with troops waving farewell. M/S troops entering shop and leaving with presents for their families.
C/U's troops going aboard the ship with band playing on quayside. M/S troops putting on lifebelts. C/U Trooper Harry Bennett with lifejacket on leaning on rail of ship. M/S night shot of their train pulling into a station. Crowds wait on the platform. Various shots of civilian crowds, C/U woman shouting. Troops walk along platform through crowds. Troops board buses with military policemen directing them. The camera pans across the men looking very happy at the windows.
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