A Good Penny Turns Up (1943)

Full title reads: “A GOOD PENNY TURNS UP“. Location unknown, England? Various shots of Leading Seaman Penny who escaped from a prison camp near Rome and went to the Vatican City for refuge. Penny being interviewed (natural sound). In the interview he says how glad he is to be back with his wife again. He says he was treated well in captivity and after his escape he had an audience with the Pope who gave him a signed photograph. (Mute & Track Negs.) 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