Blighty By Ballot (1944)

Item title reads - Blighty by ballot. Middle East. Various shots of . (Auxiliary Territorial Service) girl Corporal Ingram picking numbers from a lottery drum for leave in Middle East Command. M/S as General Sir Bernard Paget, Commander-in-Chief for Middle East picks a few names as well. M/S of one winner, Gunner Partridge, shaking hands with . girl and beaming. 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), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.