Farewell To The Motherland - Canada’s Victorious Sons Leave For Home (1914-1918)

Farewell to the motherland - Canada’s victorious sons leave for home. Possibly Liverpool, Merseyside. Canadian troops leave for home. Masses of Canadian soldiers marching/walking- front diag. shot ; as they pass; nurses and an Army officer are handing something to them. Then DS of men forming a long single-file line. DS closer; as they step onto bottom of stairs and start climbing up. The troops stand around on ship listening as a man in top hat & medallion; Mayor of Liverpool ? speaks. Then they all lift their hats; giving a rousing hip hip hooray cheer. Departure, World War One; homecoming. 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), E