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

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