Nearing Nanking Aka China (1937)

Title reads: “China“. Sino-Japanese War. Japanese Army nearing Nanking. Various shots of Japanese gun boats on Yangtze River. Japanese flags flies from the masts. We see a battleship (Chinese?) on fire - massive clouds of black smoke rise from it. Various shots of troops in shallow boats landing on banks of Yangtze. L/S of seaplane flying over river. M/S of Japanese soldiers with rifles pointing over side of boat. More shots of troops landing. L/S of Japanese soldiers walking along river bank, looks like they are passing piles of dead bodies. NB alternative spelling: Yangtse. Also: Nanjing, Nan-ching, Chian-ning or Kiang-ning. 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 f