River Plate Heroes Convalescing (1940)

Full title reads: “River Plate Heroes Convalescing“. Cape Town, South Africa. VS of men wounded in the battle with the German warship Graf Spee walking in the grounds of a convalescent home in South Africa where they are recuperating. They are mainly men of HMS Exeter. CUs. of three wounded sailors recuperating in the wards of the home. MS of coach containing the men driving through crowd lined streets of Cape Town. VS. of the men arriving at a building in Cape Town by coach and of them being greeted by the mayor and cheered by the on looking crowd. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), B