News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.

49/37

Date Released

9 May 1949

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Overseas Buyers Flock to Britain’s Trade Fair
• 2. Flying Giant Lands on Thames
• 3. Mystery Fire: Six Injured
• 4. Holland Celebrates Queen’s Birthday
• 5. Shanghai Encircled: Last Britons Leave
• 6. Ten Nations Join Council of Europe

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

As Chinese Communists cut the last remaining escape route from Shanghai, confusion in the city increases. More Britons leave, while those who remain attend the funeral of the sailors killed aboard the cruiser London and the sloop Amethyst.

Keywords

Displaced persons; Funerals

Locations

China; Shanghai

Footage sources

Pathe New York

Length of story (in feet)

141

Story extras:

Film clip

Pathe Icon Pathé

Production Documents

• Commentary
• Shot List

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Film Archive

Name

British Pathe Ltd

Email

info@britishpathe.com

Web

https://www.britishpathe.com/

Phone

0207 665 8340

Address

3.29 Canterbury Court
1-3 Brixton Road
London
SW9 6DE

Notes

Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.

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