More Troops For China (1927)

Item title reads: “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. 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), Britis