Liverpool, Merseyside.

Various shots of the port with ships around. Various shots of the troops and relatives waiting for the hospital ship 'Drottningholm' to arrive.

Various shots of the activities onboard the ship - men lying in beds, others on the deck, chatting, reading papers, smoking, looking on etc. Several shots of the dining room with waiters serving meal. Several shots of the men having their hair cut.

Various shots of relatives waiting on dockside. Railway tracks on dockside, only feet from water edge. Men leaning on windows of hospital train. Nurses preparing food for the arrivals.

Various shots of the troops leaving ship and luggage being unloaded. Several shots of the officers at conference - presumably onboard the ship. They are discussing the exchange of prisoners which is about to take place.

More shots of the ship at dockside with men waiting to leave. Cut back to the conference.
Various shots of the men leaving train and boarding the ship - German prisoners. Long queues of men waiting to board the ship - British prisoners.

Various shots of the men leaving 'Drottningholm'. Several dignitaries shaking hands with officers on quayside, a middle aged woman leading them. Troops from the train waving to troops onboard ship and vice versa. Train leaving station.

The woman talking to the men standing in, they give her three cheers.

Amendment 2014: A visitor to the site has written to say this was probably filmed at Gothenburg, Sweden between 19 and 21 October 1943. The woman being introduced to soldiers and officials is Crown Princess Louise of Battenberg, the wife of the future King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden