The Bombing of Shanghai - 1937 | Movietone Moment | 28 August 2020

On this day in 1937, Japan bombed Shanghai. Here is a British Movietone report with footage from the bombing.

B&W Issue Shots of British, US, and Japanese warships lying in the river. Shots of the individual ships. Close shot of Jap Anti Aircraft battery. Chinese bomber in the air. AA gunfire bursts in the sky. Fire over Shanghai. Shots of the docks. Chinese plane in the air. Jap AA firing. Long shots of the pall of smoke over Shanghai. Bomb burst in the docks. Formation of Chinese planes in the air. Scenes outside the Cathay Hotel - burning wreckage after the bomb has hit the same. People rush around for safety in the streets. Various shots around the International Settlement. Pan shot around the Hotel. Street scenes of wreckage. Europeans board tender. Scenes of farewell at dockside. Tender leaves for US ship taking the Europeans. Close shots of Chinese refugees with babies etc. The bomb burst over buildings. Chinese troops march past the camera with rifles. Plane in the air showing bomb leaving the same. Shots of the bursting of the same. (B&W 311)

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Видео The Bombing of Shanghai - 1937 | Movietone Moment | 28 August 2020 канала British Movietone