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WEEKLY REVIEW 169: NZ SOLDIERS AND POLISH CHILDREN

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Year
1944
Reference
F685
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Year
1944
Reference
F685
Media type
Moving image
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Series
WEEKLY REVIEW
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Newsreel
Duration
0:08:15
Production company
NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL FILM UNIT
Credits
Writer: Michael Forlong
Edited: Michael Forlong

NZ SOLDIERS AND POLISH CHILDREN

Polish refugees arrive in Wellington on board a ship returning soldiers from the war in Egypt and Europe. 725 children and 113 adults board two trains for the last stage of their journey to accommodation near Pahiatua. On arrival they join in a service of remembrance for those from whom they were parted in their war torn homeland. Apart from assisted and planned immigration, another sector of immigrants began arriving during and after World War Two: displaced persons and political refugees from war-torn countries. Much of this immigration happened in co-operation with the International Refugee Organisation.