Called To The Colours (1927)

Item title reads: “Called to the colours. Relatives of called up recruits, throng streets bearing patriotic banners as drafts leave for camp.“ Tokyo, Japan M/S Japanese conscripts in robes line up to enlist. An officer sits at a table set up in a square. M/S men carrying banners on long poles parading through the streets followed by a tram. Children wearing Japanese robes, smile and wave paper Japanese flags. M/S men boarding a train and departing, waved on by the waiting crowd, who wave flags with red spots. M/S crowd in the square and a final shot of people waving flags with red stripes and spot. Note: A patriotic display as young men enlist. The sequence repeats - see *PM0670* - . 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 co