War
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 8
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Bombing of Shanghai. DESCRIPTION: The Bombing of Shanghai. SHOTLIST: B&W Issue Shots of British, US and Japanese warships lying in the river. Shots of the individual ships. Close shot of Jap Anti Aircraft battery. Chinese bomber in the air. AA gun fire bursts in sky. Fire over Shanghai. Shots of the docks. Chinese plane in air. Jap AA firing. Long shots of pall of smoke over Shanghai. Bomb burst in the docks. Formation of Chinese planes in the air. Scenes outside the Cathay Hotel - burning wreckage after bomb has hit same. People rush around for safety in the streets. Various shots around the International Settlement. Pan shot around the Hotel. Street scenes of wreckage. Europeans board tender. Scenes of farewell at dockside. Tender leaves for US ship taking the Europeans. Close shots of Chinese refugees with babies etc. Bomb burst over buildings. Chinese troops march past camera with rifles. Plane in air showing bomb leaving same. Shots of the bursting of same. (B&W 311)
- Local distribution only
- Specialled
- Keywords
- Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Weapons; Aviation; Foreign aid; War damage; Navy; Exile; Military
- Footage sources
- New York
- Card file number
- 5669
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 184
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How to cite this record
'War', British Movietone News Issue No. 432, 13 Sep 1937. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/7986 (Accessed 03 Mar 2025)