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Evacuation of Shanghai as Red Chinese advance; Communist rallies in Italy, East Germany; Riots in Bogota
Refugees and foreigners fleeing conflict and unrest head to Shanghai as the Communist Chinese Army advances, challenging those loyal to Nationalist China. An Orthodox priest looks at an infant carried by a European woman. Many people are screened before boarding the USS General W.H. Gordon (AP-117) to evacuate. Two Roman Catholic nuns board the ship. The ship departs from Shanghai. Scene shifts to view of Communists on parade in Rome, Italy and assemble at event overseen by Communist leader Palmiro Togliatti. Crowds of communist Italians gathered at the Stadio dei Marmi (Viale dello Stadio dei Marmi, 00135 Roma RM, Italy). In East Germany a large poster showing Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. Speakers at rally of East German FDGB (Freier Deutscher Gewerkshaftsbund) which is the Free German Trade Union Federation. Rioting and destruction in riots in Bogota, Colombia, after 1948 assassination of Jorge Eliécer Gaitán. Crowds of Colombian protestors overturn cars and burn cars and streetcars. Protestors through files of paperwork out of windows of a government building during unrest.
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek arrives at one of the 14th air force bases and is greeted by Colonel Tex Hill in China.
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek arrives at one of the 14th air force bases in China. She is greeted by Colonel Tex Hill. They move into the hangar. Soldiers of 14th air force in the hangar. Madame Chiang Kai-Shek addresses the soldiers. American flag in background.
Madame Chiang K Shek distributes candy and gifts to soldiers and visits headquarters of Composite Wing in China.
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek addresses the soldiers of the 14th air force in China. American flag in background. She distributes candy and gifts to men. She leaves with two women holding her arm in arm. They reach a car. Madame Chiang Kai-Shek with others walks on a carpet to the headquarters of Composite Wing. Cars outside the headquarters and soldiers stand near the cars.
Colonel T Allen talks with Lieutenant General C Chin-Jou and I L Branch and H Y Lee talk to Chinese airmen in China.
Colonel T Allen talks to Lieutenant General Chow Chin-Jou in China. Colonel Irwin L Branch and Major H Y Lee talk to Chinese airmen standing in a row. Both walk away from the airmen. Fighter planes in background. Chinese airmen march.
Colonel Bennett and Major Yuan walk at an air-base and Chinese airmen stand in attention position in China.
Colonel Bennett and Major Yuan walk at an air-base in China. Fighter planes in background. Chinese airmen stand in attention position.
Survivors are rescued from SS Kiangya which blows up after hitting a mine in the mouth of the Huangpu River in China.
Chinese refugee steamship SS Kiangya blows up, after hitting a mine, in the mouth of the Huangpu River in China. Superstructure of SS Kiangya remains above water after the mine blast. Rescuers rescue the survivors. Dead bodies of refugees on stretchers are placed on a dock. Weeping Chinese women. Casualties are carried on stretchers.