Good News From China (1927)

Item title reads: " Good News From China. Major- Gen. Sir John Duncan, C-in-C, bids farewell to home-going Indian troops, evacuated from defence force, owing to marked improvement of situation in Shanghai." Shanghai, China L/S troops in turbans, on the dockside. Some stand in lines. There is a baggage about, and supply trucks being loaded. Shot from behind of a queue of soldiers in turbans, in a line to board ship. They wear shorts. C/U Duncan speaking, followed by a shot of the ship as it moves away from dock. There are a few people on the dockside to wave farewell. FILM ID:704.11 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/ FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/ 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. https://www.britishpathe.com/