Source 3: British Movietone (1937) The Fall of Shanghai (Film)

Source 3: British Movietone (1937) The Fall of Shanghai (Film)

Battle of Shanghai

This is a British-made newsreel documenting the fall of Shanghai to Japanese forces. We can see colonialist images such as the flag of Britain still flying, but pierced by a bullet alongside graphic images of fighting and aerial bombardment. The narrator expresses admiration of Chinese forces but ultimately allied nations would not intervene in the Sino-Japanese war until 1941 and the bombardment of Pearl Harbour.

British Movietone

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British Movietone