British Troops Leave India (1947)

Unissued / Unused material. British troops leave India. MS flags on ship. LS big troop ship ’Georgic’. LS troops gathering round ship and Earl Louis Mountbatten on dais. LS men on lifeboats and up mast watching. Various shots as troops file onto ship with their kit. LS Louis and Edwina Mountbatten, she waves. LS people waving from ’Georgic’ ship. LS soldiers up mast near flags, pan down to troops on deck and looking through portholes. LS Indian naval men marching along followed by army. They give three cheers to ship. LS ship sailing off. MS as guard of honour present Arms. LS Mountbatten marching past. Various shots as he inspects Indian naval guard of honour. MS army marching along. Various shots Mountbatten with Indian troops. MS Major General K N Carriappa of the general staff of the Indian Union reading a message from Nehru to the troops. Various shots as they march along. MS Louis and Edwina Mountbatten watching. LS troops lined up. MS Louis and Edwina getting out of car at Mole station. Various shots Mountbatten talking to troops. Pan across troops on ship. MS Mountbatten speaking to troops, pan across them. 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.