Wounded Returning Home 1943

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Unissued / Unused material.

Location of events unclear possibly Liverpool, Merseyside.

L/S dignitaries and crowds waiting to receive ship bringing home wounded and ex-prisoners of war. Various shots as soldiers walk or are carried off the ships, some are put on stretchers. L/S soldiers...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
61492
Sort Number:
UN 0817 B
Time in/Out:
01:06:01:00 / 01:08:07:00
Canister:
UN 817 B
Film ID:
1943.02
Issue Date:

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