Singapore Evacuated (First Pictures)

Series

Series Name

British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.

1147

Date Released

26 Feb 1942

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Girl-Drivers Come from Cape to Cairo
2. 2US Clipper for British Airways
3. 3Singapore Evacuated (First Pictures)
4. 4Hail Red Army on 24th Birthday

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

Women and children embark as refugees from Japanese drive south. While enemy bomb city, defenders set stores of rubber on fire.

Keywords

Displaced persons; War damage

Library number

11760

Length of story (in feet)

112

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Film Archive

Name

Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

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Notes

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