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Unid: Russians leaving Shanghai, China ca 1947

Reel Number: 221248-47

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1940s

Country: China

Location: Shanghai

TC Begins: 06:52:11

TC Ends: 06:53:12

Duration: 00:01:01

Unid: Russians leaving Shanghai, China (?) ca 1947 Ship’s crane raising net w/ bags etc from crowded dock to liner. Customs (?) man inspecting woven basket w/ bundles of money or ?? Many people, working class, w/ boxes & bags of goods, women w/ twine & rope. People walking up onto ship (?); man giving out paper receipts (?). People w/ fans w/ Chinese lettering. Men & women kissing goodbye on dock; boarding gang plank. Helped aboard w/ bags & sacks of belongings. 06:53:01 USSR hammer & sickle on ship stack. Russian priest blessing ship from gangplank w/ Shanghai tower visible behind. Single stack ship leaving dock. Emigration; Evacuation; Communism; Post-WWII; Post-WW2;

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