| FROM HUNGER TO HAPPINESS 500 children arrive at Folkestone from famine stricken Central Europe to find new lives in England. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5206 | |
| Catalog #: | 243391 | |
| Clip Number: | 243391-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 672 | |
| Timecode: | 01:04:51 - 01:05:47 | |
| Location: | Folkestone, Kent. | |
| Year Shot: | 1920 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | AGE GROUP/CHILDREN: Eating DISASTERS: Famine IMMIGRATION: Misc. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Foreign Aid LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Kent | |
| Description: | FROM HUNGER TO HAPPINESS. 500 little children arrive from famine stricken area in Central Europe. Folkestone, Kent. M/S of children looking over the railings on the deck of a ship. C/U of some of the children - they are very thin, hollow eyed and dressed in rags, many wear 'evacuee' tags. M/S of the children walking off the ship and onto a harbour, they walk through a crowd of women who pass them rolls of bread. M/S of the children sitting in a group under some trees, one little boy stands in the middle playing his violin. Panning shot of the children standing and sitting in a meadow, next to them are small bundles of their belongings. A woman appears to be organising the children into a line. C/U of some little boys with closely cropped hair, they are laughing. | |
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