Shanghai Refugees Flee to Hong Kong

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1061A
Date Released
6 Oct 1949
Date submitted
3 Oct 1949
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Wild West Reaches Broadway
  2. 2US Navy Demonstrate Air Tactics
  3. 3Warspite to Be Refloated?
  4. 4Shanghai Refugees Flee to Hong Kong
  5. 5Mr Bevin’s Call to Russia
  6. 6Trailer: Appeal for Blood Donors

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Shanghai Refugees Flee to Hong Kong. DESCRIPTION: The American liner General Gordon arrived in Hong Kong with twelve hundred evacuees from Shanghai. The passenger list included 200 Britons, 400 Americans and more than 300 Jewish displaced persons. SHOTLIST: KS. GV "General Gordon". SCU name of ship. Passengers aboard ship, all nationalities. Refugees on deck. Various parts of ship. GV "General Gordon". Passengers disembark.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Displaced persons
Locations
Shanghai
Footage sources
Taurus Films
Card file number
52608
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
71
Story extras:
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