Keep The Empire British (1929)

Item title reads - Keep the Empire British. 45 families, totalling nearly 200 souls, leave the old country under the British Legion Emigration scheme for Canada in the Cunard Liner “Caronia“. Southampton, Hampshire. M/S as the families board the ship, there are people of all ages. M/S’s of a woman greeting them and handing out sprigs of heather (?) L/S of them assembled on deck, some wave Union Jacks. They all wave as the “Caronia“ sets off. 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.
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