Bon Voyage And Good Luck! (1930)

Full title reads: “Southampton. Bon voyage and good luck! The 17/21st Lancers, the famous ’Death or Glory’ boys, leave in troopship ’Nevassa’ for Egypt.“ Southampton, Hampshire. Soldiers in desert helmets line up on dockside carrying kit bags. Pan across to show soldiers walking up gangway onto troopship. Rifles and sabres / swords are handed up the gangplank by a human chain of troops. There are some children and women on board - possibly army families following the soldiers posting. Shots of soldiers crowding on deck of ship. Shots of soldiers waving goodbye and cheering as the ship leaves port. Shots of troopship steaming out of port. 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