| “IT’S GOOD TO BE HOMEâ€! Two English engineers return home after being held for a | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5502 |
| Catalog #: | 255993 | |
| Clip Number: | 255993-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 33/54 | |
| Timecode: | 01:33:16 - 01:34:46 | |
| Location: | London, England. | |
| Year Shot: | 1933 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Misc. LAW: Criminal Investigations LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London | |
| Description: | “London. ‘It’s good to be home’! Mr. L C Thornton & Mr. W MacDonald - liberated at long last from their Moscow prison - arrive - and keep their secrets!’ London. Crowds wait on railway station platform for arrival of train. A group of passengers get off the train and are given a warm welcome. The men - Mr. Thornton and Mr. MacDonald - stand at Microphone, one of them reads a statement to the press. The men move off through the crowd with the people who have come to meet them. N.B. Thornton and MacDonald were engineers working for Metropolitan Vickers in Moscow - they were arrested and held for a show trial. Their colleagues returned to England in 33/34. | |
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