Uncle Sam Takes A Hand (1927)

Item title reads: “Uncle Sam ’takes a hand’. Large contingent of marines leave for ’somewhere in China’.“ San Diego, California, United States of America (USA). L/S of parade ground with ranks of soldiers, Marines, marching along in blocks. They have rifles and take a salute. The troops board ship, the Chaumont, making their way up the gangplank. The ship has the stars and stripes flag at its helm. Men line up along the decks and wave their hats to crowds on the dock. 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), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content fr