| ALL HOME FOR XMAS Soldiers' children born and brought up on the Rhine in Germany prepare to leave school and go to Britain as allies leave the country. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5412 |
| Catalog #: | 240774 | |
| Clip Number: | 240774-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1642 | |
| Timecode: | 01:22:48 - 01:24:04 | |
| Location: | Germany | |
| Year Shot: | 1929 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | AGE GROUP/CHILDREN: School-age child EDUCATION & SCHOOLS: Elementary (Primary School) LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Germany WORLD WAR ONE, GENERAL: Afterword (Epilogue) | |
| Description: | "All home for Christmas" Pathe Gazette cameramen, by special permission, obtain history making pictures of our army's last days in the Rhine. Germany "Teacher tells them what "Blighty's" like, they were all born on the Rhine !" M/S of a group of little girls and boys, the camera pans across to the female teacher talking to them, they listen avidly. "Tommies kiddies - 320 - leave their 10 year old Garrison School (now closed) for the last time." M/S as they run out of the school door and gates. M/S of the children playing and teachers supervising, it looks like ring-a-ring-a-roses. L/S of soldiers lined up, they salute as the Union Jack is lowered. | |
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