Repatriation of French Prisoners of War | British Pathé Gems Nº14
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- čas přidán 24. 08. 2024
- Check out this Gem from our archive. It shows incredibly moving scenes from the liberation of French POWs during WWII, their repatriation and their long awaited reunion with family and friends.
FILM IDs: 2952.20
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Its mad to think that all these poor people are gone now. You can see the love and relief in their faces. Really hope there is life after death. There must be more to life than this. Hope they all found piece on this side or the next
That is true. Life to them has become the worst nightmare. Most everyone of them over the age of 20 are long gone by now. You will either know or never know there is something after life.
Beautifully put @Jonathan Burrows. I'm absolutely sure there is life after death, as there is no way that we are just the result of millions of "accidental" coincidences. Thank God they made it home, and I really hope ALL of those that returned had loved ones/family waiting for them, because there is a horrible loneliness when you return from a long time away from home, and you don't have anyone to greet you, love you, and has missed you.
Oh there come my beloved brothers and sisters...
The "KG" on the back of that one man was probably the abbreviation of the German, "Kriegsgefangene", literally, "war prisoner" or "prisoner of war".
I cried so much to this...being a military family member it's emotional watching the look on those woman's faces looking waiting and hoping
This is probably my favorite video you have released yet!
Sad to think those men spent the best part of their lives, from 20 to 25, locked behind barbed wire
Aviation lord 20 25 is clearly not the best time of life... 😹
Well, 25 and on ain't so bad either! The whole COUNTRY spent 5 years under Nazi rule and lost the same thing. At this point, they had the opportunity to rebuild and recover from the carnage. Clearly, they did so.
@@sharid76 During WWI and WWII there were 100 million people killed. The lucky ones who got to return home. Way more civilians died under these sieges by madmen. To make a point of humans and what they have done for the past 3400 years there have been about 270 years without wars of some kind. Does not pose good for the future of Mankind.
what a happy day ! The young women remind me of my granny's pics when she was 18-20 years old. The hair styles and stuff. Thank You
This is so amazing !!!! Kudos to the person who took this video and to you too British Pathe for showing it to us.
It's from Henri Cartier Bresson czcams.com/video/30N6_i7TGh4/video.html
T'is a horrible thing war.
And let us not forget the multitudes who did not get to go home again. So sad.
It would take me a list over 100 lines long of countries of lost lives. Just one for example is Czechoslovakia (many countries lost more then 10 times this) 345,000 only 25,000 military which leaves more then 90% civilians. Germany just mowed them over and sent to camps to never be seen again. Imagine your city leveled to ashes and Madmen in charge.
Incredible. Thank you.
One of the most lovely moments...
I wonder if there are family members of dead soldiers out their in the crowd, not knowing the fate of their son.
At 2.27 , Marcel Dassault the great designer in aeronautics (at this moment , Marcel Bloch) , back from captivity.
full videos - nice
Surreal
I smiled throughout video
We Americans remembered are debt to France for there help during are first revolution of 1776. We love you France.
Ma perché la sigla è così brutta??
Joie
PLEASE can you change your intro clip - a wobbling camera over glittery diamonds then put text over the top of that. Who thought that a good idea?
neatodd I'm fine with it.
I believe it's a throwback to the way the clips were introduced when they were movie reels in the cinema.
VIVE LA FRANCE!!!
The first clip is clearly staged