Final Attack On Shanghai (1937)

Title reads: "Final attack on Shanghai".



Shanghai, China.



China's richest city has fallen to Japan's army. Various shots of bombed out buildings. A Japanese soldier lays telephone cable - the wire unfurls from a roller on his back. M/S of a Japanese sniper. M/S of soldiers manning heavy artillery. Various shots explosions in houses. We see troops running between buildings, the wounded are being carried. Various shots aircraft bombing the city. Various shots of Japanese tanks and armoured cars. We troops behind banks of sand bags. Various shots of soldier knocking hole in wall to climb through.



Note: neg. finished at 01:51:12, sound track only for rest of item.
FILM ID:941.3

A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/

FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/

British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/