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The Bombing of Nanking

Item number (ISN):

20565

Series title:

Canadian Universal Newsreel

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1937

Item number (ISN):

20565

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

VANCOUVER MUSEUM

Accession:

1975-0263

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1937

Production company:

United Pictures Co., Inc.

Description:

Sequence on US Marines sightseeing in Shanghai, riding rickshaws, etc. Major General Beaumont, Marine Commander, with his men. Views of destruction, a wrecked Chinese aircraft. Close-ups of bombs carried by Chinese aircraft. Elements of the Japanese Army are shown marching to the front. Japanese biplanes raid Shapai, bombs explode, destroy a bridge. Japanese planes on way to Nanking; Chinese anti-aircraft defences. Destruction, a bombed hospital. US Ambassador Nelson T. Johnson inspects a large bomber shelter. Chiang Kai-Shek and Madame Chiang leave building. People carry pieces of Japanese aircraft wreckage to park or display along with guns, a Japanese flag. Japanese flyers excercise in prison yard. Madame Chiang dedicates a hospital. Casualties arrive. Air raid alarm and people scurry for cover in bomb shelters. Universal Newsreel cameraman shooting scene with small Eyemo. Sequence on air raid, destruction. <9mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Actuality footage over 50 years - copyright expired.~2. End titles read: "Universal Newspaper Newsreel : The Talk of the World".

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

18005

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-2837

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

NITRATE

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

18006

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

13-0512

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Made from:

N-2837

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

18007

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7606-0050

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

N-2837

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

18008

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7606-0051

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

OPT TRK

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

N-2837

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

18009

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7608-0318

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

N-2837

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

18010

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

7608-0319

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MAG TRK

Made from:

N-2837

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

18011

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8311-0408

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

N-2837

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

18012

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8311-0409

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

N-2837

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

18013

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8311-0410

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

N-2837

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

18014

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8311-0411

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

OPT TRK

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

N-2837

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

18015

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

8311-0412

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MAG TRK

Made from:

N-2837

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

Reproduction access:

With written permissions / Avec les permissions écrites

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