1946 HOME MOVIE FLOODING IN SHANGHAI, CHINA REFUGEE CAMP AERIAL FOOTAGE (SILENT) XD19624

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This home movie shows a trip to Asia in 1946. It is part of a group of 16mm movies shot by an unknown American who was working for the OMEA, or Officer’s Moral Endeavor Association, a sort of non-governmental, YMCA type group operating in post-WWII China. The group was probably a Catholic organization, and possibly the person filming this was a member of the clergy as many churches are shown in the film. It’s unclear where this footage was shot -- but the first section is in Shanghai which suffered record flooding in 1946. There’s also footage that appears to have been shot in rural areas outside the city. 0:08 Rickshaws in the street 0:16 Flooded street. Flooding from rainwater and the Yellow River was very common in Shanghai before the installation of the rainwater sewers in mid-1980s. The period from 1937-1946 was historically some of the worst. 0:44 Kwang Hua U