Britain’s Vital China Spot - Hong Kong
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- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 6
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Britain’s Vital China Spot - Hong Kong. DESCRIPTION: Planes come and go at Kai Tak airport near Hong Kong, some bringing in reinforcements from Malaya, others bringing in evacuees from Shanghai. SHOTLIST: KS LS Dakota approaches airfield & tilt down to surrounding mountainous country. GV country with plane about to land. Dakota lands. Troops (British) alight from plane. Another lands (Constellation). Civilians alight. LS launch brings civilians across from the mainland to the island. GV of tents and hutments put up for evacuees.
- Locations
- Kai Tak Airport; Kowloon
- Footage sources
- Taurus Films
- Card file number
- 52001
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 80
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How to cite this record
'Britain’s Vital China Spot - Hong Kong', British Movietone News Issue No. 1043, 30 May 1949. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/15758 (Accessed 03 Mar 2025)