Shanghai Encircled: Last Britons Leave

Series

Series Name
Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.
49/37
Date Released
9 May 1949
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Overseas Buyers Flock to Britain’s Trade Fair
  2. 2Flying Giant Lands on Thames
  3. 3Mystery Fire: Six Injured
  4. 4Holland Celebrates Queen’s Birthday
  5. 5Shanghai Encircled: Last Britons Leave
  6. 6Ten 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
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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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