Chinese Evacuation 1937

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Full title reads: "CHINESE EVACUATION - 29th Division leave Pekin zone under white flag."

Pekin (Peking, Beijing), China.

Close shot of train locomotive. Close up shot of a sign on the locomotive. Several shots of the train travelling through the Chinese countryside - going south....

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
16009
Sort Number:
37/069
Time in/Out:
01:36:04:00 / 01:37:21:00
Canister:
37/69
Film ID:
931.43
Issue Date:
30/08/1937

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