Title:71ST HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY TO INDIA BY TROOPSHIP [Allocated Title]
Film Number:MGH 5050
Other titles:AMATEUR FILM BY CAPTAIN TORQUIL MACLEOD [Alternative Title]
Summary: Amateur film shot by Captain Torquil MacLeod of the 71st Highland Light Infantry.
Description: Voyage out on troopship Dorsetshire from Liverpool to Port Said (Egypt), through Suez Canal and Red Sea, past oil tanks and Arab dhows, and arrival at Karachi, opposite "Trooping Shed". Train journey up country past Rohri Junction, Jhelum to final destination, where 1st Battalion troops the colour on parade ground (1937 according to cameraman's note), with mountains in background.
Alternative Title:AMATEUR FILM BY CAPTAIN TORQUIL MACLEOD [Alternative Title]