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  • Short Summary

    We see the men and their families board ocean liner bound for Australia.

  • Description

    Full title reads: "1,500 unemployed ex-servicemen and their families leave to seek better future in Australia in Maiden trip of P & O Liner 'Ballarat'."

    Tilbury, Essex.

    M/S of crowd of men, all carrying suitcases, walking across a bridge. Various high angled shots of men and their families waiting on quayside, around bottom of gangplank. Some of the people start to board the ocean liner. High angled shot of several young families showing their boarding passes to a porter. M/S of people waving from deck as ship departs.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    402.42
    Media URN:
    19374
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathe
    Issue Date:
    30/01/1922
    Sound:
    Silent
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:59:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:49:13:00 / 01:50:12:00
    Canister:
    G 846

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