Shanghai Under Red Control (1949)

Full title reads: “First Pictures From - Shanghai Under Red Control“. Shanghai, China. MV GV victory procession marching through Shanghai carrying pictures of Chinese Communist generals inc Chairman Mao - Mao Tse Tung. GV troops marching through main street. MV Ditto, showing heavy arms. MV Pan lorry carrying soldiers decorated with pictures of Chinese generals framed in red star. MV Towards tram covered with electric lights and red stars, filled with troops. MV Back view ditto. MV Lorry-loads of Chinese troops riding through crowds. LV GV packed main street. N.B. Pictures were taken in July and took months to reach the West according to the voiceover. 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, w