Lisbon Recruits (1917)

New recruits in Portugal. Lisbon, Portugal Shot of a crowd of volunteers - men of all ages and classes; wearing civilian clothing; walking on street towards camera; troops follow. Then shot of train leaving; with soldiers all waving handkerchiefs; hats; etc. out of windows; and younger boys at side waving back at them. 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 from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.