Chinese Refugees In Java (1937)

Title reads: “Java“. Chinese refugees arriving at port of Batavia in Java, Indonesia. L/S of name on prow of ocean liner ’Tjisaroea’. Various shots of wealthy looking Chinese refugees on deck of ship and walking down gang plank to quayside. The ship has come from Shanghai, the city was recently invaded by Japanese Army (part of Sino-Japanese war). According to the narrator most of the refugees are students whose families live in the Dutch East Indies. They were attending schools and colleges in Shanghai when the invasion happened. 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 (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1