Material For Chinese Armies 1938

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Hong Kong.

Various shots of materials for the Chinese army being unloaded at Hong Kong docks - the only port not controlled by Japan at the time. Refugees also come ashore. Piles of barbed wire are stacked up on the docks; an American Martin Bomber aeroplane is seen on a ship; men carry boxes...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
15922
Sort Number:
38/006
Time in/Out:
01:19:46:00 / 01:20:23:00
Canister:
38/6
Film ID:
951.28
Issue Date:
20/01/1938

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