Accuracy of the date of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps film clip
It's my understanding that the Shanghai Volunteer Corps was an international corps composed of English, Scottish, American, Italian, Jewish, Chinese, Portuguese, Filipino, and White Russians (persons, not drinks!).
The corps' purpose was to protect the several foreign settlements in Shanghai. After the invasion of Shanghai in 1932 by the Japanese imperial forces, depending on your point of view, either the corps kept the Japanese out of the settlements or the Japanese chose not to invade the settlements. The corps was officially broken up and disbanded by the Japanese in 1942.
Therefore, it is likely that the film clip was actually recorded in 1938.
And so I sing with lyric lilt,--
How happier the world would be
If every male would wear a kilt!
Robert Service
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