Cut story - KS. GS of Barcelona Docks shows German & British Hospital Ship in same. German repatriated POW on deck-side, also looking out of portholes. Stretcher being slung over side of ship onto quay, another being placed on quay by Red Cross Nurses (male) Germans disembarking from ship, GS of German Ambassador with Spanish Diplomats. CU Africakorp armlet, more Germans disembark. Aussies, New Zealanders, Indian & other Dominion troops disembarking from ship. CU Red Cross armlet, stretcher case being carried off ship down gangway. Various shots of Colonial troops with Red Cross nurses. Sir Samuel Hoare & Lady Hoare mingle with our troops, various shots, also talking (silent) with several stretcher cases. Troops embarking, past Sir Samuel Hoare & wife & up gangway, GS of Ensign. GS of our troops on deck-side. Finishing on troops on deck in fore looking at Barcelona in background.
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Another exchange of prisoners has taken place, this time in Barcelona. Many of the wounded were men from the Dominions who had fought in Greece and Crete. The Spanish Red Cross assisted with the exchange.
Prisoners of War , Spain , Buildings, Landmarks and Monuments , Ships and Boats , Medicine and Health , International Aid (Civilian) , Repatriation , Personalities - Politicians , Personalities - Relatives , Samuel John Gurney Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood , Lady Maud Hoare, Lady Templewood , Foreign Relations , World War II
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Prisoner exchange , War and unrest , Prisoners of war , Prisoners' health , International relations , General news , Prisons , Correctional systems , Law and order , Prisoners' health , Treatment of prisoners , Human welfare , Social issues , Social affairs , Government and politics