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Japan China Clash

Date released

9 Nov 1931

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

73

NoS ID

031718

Story no

3 / 6

Extras

1 film clip

The Manchurian crisis. Paramount News presents scenes following initial Chinese-Japanese battle. 1. No Victory without costs. Japanese sympathisers join with victorious regiments in honouring dead comrades.

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China Reels in Gravest Crisis

Date released

16 Dec 1948

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1857

NoS ID

041420

Story no

4 / 5

American civilians leave Shanghai as Communist armies advance towards capital. US Marines reinforce Tsingtao, town in which America has great property interest under Chinese concession.

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Japan - Far East Crisis

Date released

23 Oct 1941

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

646A

NoS ID

011982

Story no

1 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Japan Precipitates Far Eastern Crisis. DESCRIPTION: The new government in Japan is a full-blooded militaristic pro-Axis government. SHOTLIST: Various library scenes of the Sino-Japanese...

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Fighting breaks out in China (1989)

Genre

Interview

Fighting is reported to have broken out between military units in China, as the country slides deeper into crisis. Witnesses say soldiers have been involved in a serious clash at an air force base South...

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Far East

Date released

16 Aug 1937

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

428

NoS ID

007891

Story no

1 / 11

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sino-Japanese Crisis Boils Over Into Open Fighting in Shanghai. DESCRIPTION: Sino-Japanese crisis boils over into open fighting in Shanghai. SHOTLIST: Chepei in flames. Fires burning in...

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Formosa Crisis

Date released

14 Feb 1955

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

55/13

NoS ID

106283

Story no

1 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

US Navy evacuates civilians from Tachen Islands as Far East tension mounts

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Geoffrey Howe on Beijing (1989)

Genre

News report; Speech

Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe has said that Britain is considering sending back to China the British diplomats withdrawn at the height of the crisis in Beijing. He has told the House of Commons...

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Chung Kuo (1972)

aka: China

Director

Michelangelo Antonioni

Subject

Film studies; Geography; History; Politics & government; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 208 minutes), £7.99

In 1972, during Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution, Michelangelo Antonioni was invited by the People’s Republic of China to direct a documentary about the New China. His eight-week travels with a crew...

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UN’s Great Loss

Date released

21 Sep 1961

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1685A

NoS ID

024281

Story no

1 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Dag Hammarskjold. DESCRIPTION: For over eight years, Dag Hammarskjold spoke and personified the United Nations Organisation. An economist from Sweden, he took over from...

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Britain and Peace

Date released

1938

Series name

The March of Time 4th Year

Issue no

6

NoS ID

352204

Story no

1 / 2

The March of Time synopsis: A reconstruction of events which are said to have led up to the recent Czechoslovakian crisis, commencing with a reference to Hitler’s ambitions as set out in Mein Kampf. There...

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