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Year: 1919
Runtime: 1 min
Description: '5000 CANADIANS LEAVE FOR HOME: S.S. Olympic's historic departure from Southampton'. Cheerful soldiers mill about on quayside, and crowd onto the walkways of SS Olympic. Caption: 'Sir Edward Kemp (on the Right), C.F. HAYES, Capt of the "Olympic": and Major Gen. Hogarth.' The three men pose onboard. The Olympic, fully laden, prepares to set sail.
Canadian soldiers embark for home after the First World War.
Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / Hayes, C F / Hogarth (Major General) / Kemp, Edward / Canadian Army / demobilisation, Canadian / ships, Canadian auxiliary - passenger: Olympic / Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK
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Provider: Imperial War Museums
Rights: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
Production company: Topical Film Company
Colour: Black & White
Sound: Without sound
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