| Weekly Review No 102 (1943) All Heroes Day - crowds line Queen St in Auckland to welcome soldiers, sailors and airforce personnel back from World War Two. Rotorua sawmill GVs. The 4-masted sailing ship Pamir GVs at sea. 02.20 The War in Africa is over and troops from the New Zealand Division are on the long journey back to their base in Cairo, Eygpt. A convoy of 2000 vehicles travels along the desert road with airforce protection overhead. Eventually they are in sight of the Pyramids, then Cairo and the Maadi base where the Kiwi soldiers get their first letters from home in many months. Duration 05.38 |
