China Mobilises Manpower Lner (1938)

Titles read: “CHINA MOBILISES MANPOWER“. Canton, China. General views of Canton; boats on the river, an American-built bridge. Commentator says the city is bombed daily by the Japanese (Sino-Japanese war). Several shots of Chinese police force who have been trained as a home guard. Pan across a group of male students, listening to General Lee. In Central Garden Park we see hundreds of people listening to a patriotic speaker, then walking off on a demonstration march carrying banners with slogans against Japanese Imperialism. Several shots of Chinese soldiers standing in lines and digging trenches. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1