• Short Summary

    US Marines home on leave from Korea + first Korean War dead returned to USA.

  • Description

    Unissued / unused material.

    Marines home from Korea + first war dead brought back from Korean War.

    Oakland, California, United States of America (USA).

    Back view of marines on board army transport ship "General Randall" waving to coastline. LS waving to relatives on quayside. MS relatives crowding around gangplank. Various CUs GIs embracing their mothers, wives and girlfriends on quayside.

    San Francisco.

    LS USS "General Randall" alongside. LS coffins of war dead being hoisted from ship to quayside. LS Guard of Honour saluting. MS coffins on quayside, they are covered in American flags.

    Date on dope sheet is August 1951.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    2569.09
    Media URN:
    69078
    Group:
    Unissued unused
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    Sound:
    Sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:54:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:16:55:00 / 01:17:49:00
    Canister:
    UN 2385 F

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