The Lion’s Cubs Come Home! (1940)

Titles read: “THE LION’S CUBS COME HOME!“ London. Various shots of soldiers from New Zealand (’Sons of the Empire’) that have come over to Britain to fight in the Second World War arriving at their ’home from home’ in the Strand. Soldiers, sailors and nurses are given New Zealand apples, tickets for a sightseeing tour of London, and drinks and buns. They can read Kiwi newspapers and write letters home. Soldiers buy postcards and look at the Houses of Parliament, walk past the Tower of London and feed pigeons in Trafalgar Square. 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),