| MORE TROOPS FOR CHINA Troops set off for China from Southampton. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6434 |
| Catalog #: | 240992 | |
| Clip Number: | 240992-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1389 | |
| Timecode: | 01:12:30 - 01:14:01 | |
| Location: | Southampton, Hampshire | |
| Year Shot: | 1927 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Misc. LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Hampshire, Southampton MILITARY: Army, British MILITARY: Shipping Out WAR & CONFLICT: Misc | |
| Description: | More troops for China. 2nd Batt. Scots Guards and 1st Northants set forth for Shanghai. 'Shanghai!...Shanghai!' Southampton, Hampshire M/S soldiers and officers, and soldiers in pith helmets with kitbags, lining up to board ship via a gangplank. Some carry flags and rifles, and soldiers pass rifles along line up the gangplank. The soldiers wave from the ship, some stand in lifeboats, C/U singing -one holds a glove puppet. A vast crowd of soldiers on deck wave to the crowd on the dockside as the ship moves away from dock and sails off. | |
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