China: British Forces Arrive in Shanghai (1927)

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Major General Duncan, G.O.D. Shanghai, takes the salute as British troops arrive, April 1927.

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SLATE INFORMATION: Maj-Gen Duncan G.O.C. at Shanghai takes the salute on the arrival of the British Forces

CHINA: Shanghai:
Major General John Duncan (Commander of the British Shanghai Defence Force) salutes as British troops march past on arrival in Shanghai: Duncan speaking

SLATE: The Guards

Various shots of troops marching past, military band marching past

SLATE: British boys making barricades

British trooops unloading logs from lorry to make barricades: troops digging ground, stacking sandbags,

SLATE: Tommy - a soldier and a gentleman

British soldiers posing with local woman:
Background: Major General Duncan, G.O.D. Shanghai, takes the salute as British troops arrive, April 1927.

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