OFF TO ENGLAND [Main]
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Year: 1917
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Runtime: 5 mins
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Description: British soldiers of various regiments and branches, all wearing life jackets, embark on leave boats. One group is on board a small side-wheeler CD-8, and others on a larger vessel E0826. The larger ship moves out of harbour with ladies on the quayside waving to it as it clears the harbour mouth.
The departure of a British leave boat from a French port, probably 1917.
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Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / British Army / Royal Navy / World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations, British / ships, British auxiliary - transport: leave boat / recreation, British military - leave / society, British military - friendship: [+] / 01/3(4-15).6 / France / World War, 1914-1918 -- France / half-light
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Provider: Imperial War Museums
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Rights: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
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Production company: Topical Film Company
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Colour: Black & White
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Sound: Without sound
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