Full title reads: "China. Nationalists Flee - Reds In Complete Control".
Moncay (Indo-China border). Chinese Nationalist soldiers and refugees flee the country after defeat by Communists.
LV Nationalist Chinese junks disembarking refugees in French territorial waters. SV Nationalist refugees and troops wading ashore. CU Refugees clambering down from ship. MV Refugees wading ashore. SV Nationalist soldiers removing bandoliers and placing it on pile of arms. MV Refugees and nationalist troops beneath umbrellas marching off to internment.
LV French citadel at Moncay. MV Top view lookouts and tents on citadel. SV French troops manning heavy machine guns. MV Legionnaire on lookout duty pan to international bridge crossing Moncay river and Tonghin on other side of river. SV Communist flag flying over Tonghin.
SV Barbed wire and fortifications around international bridge. MV Refugees crossing international bridge into French territory. CU French flag. SV Pan along line of women refugees carrying children and bundles. CU Chinese woman soldier with baby on back. MV Pan crowd of refugees lying around with their worldly possessions.
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