USA / DEFENCE: World War 2: British evacuee children arrive in America (1940)

BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit First little British refugees arrive. Full Description: .: British Evacuee Children Arrive in America. New York, . GV of Steamship arriving at New York. BV of children on board waving; Statue of Liberty in b-g. SV Children waving. BV of children at ship’s rail waving - skyscrapers of New York in b-g. CU Mother nursing baby. CU Baby in sailor’s “White Star“ cap. CU Little girl. CU Two little girls with arms around each other hugging teddy bears. CU Little boy speaks into microphone - girls standing round. CU Other little boy speaks into mike. SV Little girl holding parachutist doll speaks into mike. Sound Effects: CU boy speaking: “The reason we are in America is because we have been evacuated from England and our mother did not think it was safe to go on staying in England.“ CU Other boy speaking: “I came h
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