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Object description
Units of the National Revolutionary Army (Chinese Nationalist army) march through Hong Kong.
Full description
A crowd of Chinese civilians is supervised by British military policemen who wear white webbing and armbands marked 'DAPM' (Deputy Assistant Provost Marshal). The crowd wave the flag of the Republic of China (a red field and dark blue canton with a circular white sun and twelve triangular rays). Chinese students wearing brassards or armbands with the same white sun emblem. A man with a megaphone appears to be conducting the performance of a song. Faces of the crowd. A staff car is escorted along a road lined with civilians by military police motorcycles. A crowd of civilians lead a procession carrying banners. A column of Chinese cavalry on horseback. Various shots of procession and crowds. A string of firecrackers exploding on the ground. The parade marches on; some of the troops are seen carrying heavy machine guns and their tripods, others with rifles and one has an American Thompson submachine gun.
Physical description
35mm
