U.S. Servicemen Reunited With Families (1946)

Unissued / Unused material. Germany. Aerial shot at S.S. ’Thomas Barry’ arrives at Bremerhaven with first families to join American husbands in Berlin. L/S of the women waving from decks of ship. M/S as American soldier runs up to his wife on ship and kisses her. M/S as another woman kisses her soldier husband on deck. M/S as the families make their way off the boat. Exterior M/S train. M/S ladies and children in dining car of train eating meal. Various good shots as they eat. M/S family sat at table on patio, C/U little boy eating. M/S’s officer with wife and two small sons in garden. M/S of another soldier walking with his wife, he picks her up and carries her across the threshold. M/S of the couple looking out of a window, he salutes to the camera then they close the window. Cataloguer’s note: the date on the original record reads 13/6/1946. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS