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China War - Crowds Flee Shanghai As Red Trap Closes

Reel Number: 221687-24

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1949

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TC Begins: 08:26:41

TC Ends: 08:28:13

Duration: 00:01:32

Title: China War - Crowds Flee Shanghai As Red Trap Closes 08:26:47 High angle of bourse along river w/ traffic, trucks, buses, people. 08:26:50 People on boats moored in river. Large freighter w/ deck filled w/ people seen from river. 08:27:03 Military aboard DUKW pulling trailer down street. Civilian refugees pushing goods on trailer along road; women w/ bicycles & bags of goods. 08:27:18 European families walking along dock, boarding ship. Nuns seated. Military carrying person up gangway on stretcher. Baggage etc. carried aboard. Nuns w/ suitcases. People wave goodbye from ship. 08:27:01 US troops board ship & 2-stack liner leaving. Chinese Revolution; 1949; Evacuation; Communist Take-over; Communism;

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