Back To Blighty (1944)

Item title reads - Back to Blighty. Liverpool, Merseyside. Various shots as the “Arundel Castle“ and the Swedish hospital ship “Drottningholm“ arrive in port at Liverpool bringing back some of the 2,500 repatriated British prisoners. People wave from the quay. Another Swedish ship “Gripsholm“ comes in and the soldiers wave madly. They sing “Roll Out the Barrel“ and cheer. The Adjutant General, Sir Ronald Adam, makes a welcoming speech and gets cheers. L/S of the soldiers cheering and waving. End Titles. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont Br