Title:BRITISH TROOPS EMBARK FROM SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BTF 3
Other titles:RAILWAYS IN BRITAIN, 1935-1976 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The Warwickshire Yeomanry embark from Southampton Docks, destined for the Middle East. The BEF travel up from Dover on leave from France, and the arrival of Canadian troops at Aldershot and Farnborough.
Description: (22-29 December 1939) Guards being fitted to railway lamps before being issued out. Warwickshire Yeomanry at the Southampton Docks (South coast of England) gather equipment before embarking for the Middle East. Close-up shots of men having chow followed by a low angle shot of personnel wearing lifejackets and waving from the decks of a troopship. The Yeomanry are then seen crossing a gangplank, fully equipped for overseas duty. MH13
(29 December 1939) Service personnel loading onto troopships at Southampton Docks. Some are seen off by Lord Lloyd (1st Baron Lloyd). (113ft) MH14
(31 December 1939 - 1 January 1940) The arrival of Canadian troops at Aldershot and Farnborough, Hampshire. Snow covers the ground and the troops look well equipped for cold weather. Shots of them having chow and unloading from carriages onto the station platform. Some are saluted by a welcoming party as they march out. (315ft) MH15
(5-8 January 1940) A guard starts up a locomotive, holding a shaded lamp. Various British service personnel at the Waterloo Station YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association), London. One group are gathered at a piano, others socialise and drink tea. The BEF (British Expeditionary Force) inside train carriages as they travel up from Dover (South coast of England) on leave. (399ft) MH16
(8 January 1940) The SS BAIRITOZA docks at Dover with BEF troops on leave from France. They file into a transit area, a row of propaganda posters are visible along the wall behind. (477ft) MH17
(9-11 January 1940) Returning serviceman seeing family for the first time after returning from overseas duty. Inside the YMCA at Victoria Station, London, followed by service personnel writing letters at a desks. Female staff serve tea, cakes and sandwiches as the recently returned men socialise. Troops embarking from Southampton. Followed by an isolated shot of a naval mine, washed-up on a beach. People wave from the carriages of a passenger train as it pulls away from a station terminal. Troops unloading boxes from a supply train. (640ft) MH18
Alternative Title:RAILWAYS IN BRITAIN, 1935-1976 [Allocated Series Title]
