News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

448

Date Released

3 Jan 1938

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. China
• 2. Reports: Russian parachutists
• 3. Reports: Steamer Explosion
• 4. Reports: US Girl pickets
• 5. Reports: Ireland’s Constitution Day
• 6. Names and News: Duke of Aosta leaves for Ethiopia
• 7. Names and News: King Farouk of Egypt
• 8. Names and News: Maurice Chevalier starts football match
• 9. Names and News: Max Schmeling arrives home
• 10. Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Tennis - Donald Budge wins Victoria Championship defeating John Bromwich
• 11. Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Darts at Fagley
• 12. Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: The Cheltenham Hunt
• 13. New Year

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 13

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: China. DESCRIPTION: The Japanese victory march in Shanghai provokes a bomb. On the Yangtze refugees from Nanking board ships. In Tokyo the Anti-Communist Pact is celebrated. SHOTLIST: TS Shanghai - Japanese troops march through International Settlement. GV ditto. MS British soldier in f/g as Japanese pass (x2). GV Chinese on rooftops. Japanese soldiers (x2). GV Crowd moved back by Chinese police. GV Japanese soldiers run towards area where a bomb has gone off. MS Japanese officer with a draw pistol. Several shots of Japanese soldiers keeping back crowd. CU Japanese soldiers. Yangtze. GV Refugees from Nanking boarding ships from small boats (x3). GV down river ship being towed away. GV river with HMS Bee. GV the Panay in the river. GV British ship ‘Fau Sang’ (x2). GV ship & German flag. Tokyo. GV Stadium with massed crowd and flags are raised celebrating the Anti-communist pact. MS Crowd cheering. GV ditto. GV interior German Embassy Prince Chichibu at luncheon. MS Prince drinks toast to Hitler.

Keywords

Royalty; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Weapons; Foreign relations; Ceremonies; Foreign aid; Terrorism; Exile; Military

Card file number

32171A

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

100

Story extras:

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