Latest Pictures From Shanghai 1927

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Item title reads: "Latest pictures from Shanghai. Victorious Cantonese-after months of fighting-enter Shanghai."

Shanghai, China

Chinese men walk towards camera holding large bundles and flags with suns on them. Intertitle reads: "Refugees from Yangtze Cities fleeing before advancing...

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Cataloguer:
Margaret
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
32895
Sort Number:
G 1393
Time in/Out:
01:01:51:00 / 01:04:28:00
Canister:
G 1393
Film ID:
680.03
Issue Date:
28/04/1927

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