A Demonstration Of Force (1927)

Item title reads: “A demonstration of force. As the Durhams and the Gloucesters - 3,000 strong - march through International Settlement to their billets.“ Shanghai, China M/S of soldiers shouldering arms, marching along a road. They are then seen marching along a busy street with cars bikes and and rickshaws. Chinese people watch, they walk slowly along the road with sloped rifles, followed by a cavalcade of cars and rickshaws. Some shots are taken from a moving vehicle as they march, viewed as they march towards and away from the camera as it tracks along the line. They wear pith helmets. 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),
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