Nearing Nanking AKA China 1937

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Title reads: "China".

Sino-Japanese War.

Japanese Army nearing Nanking. Various shots of Japanese gun boats on Yangtze River. Japanese flags flies from the masts. We see a battleship (Chinese?) on fire - massive clouds of black smoke rise from it.

Various shots of troops...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
15842
Sort Number:
37/099
Time in/Out:
01:05:46:00 / 01:06:34:00
Canister:
37/99
Film ID:
947.08
Issue Date:
13/12/1937

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