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1941 HONG KONG: Colony falls to Japanese troops
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2:57Now PlayingDate: 1st January 1941
Location: HONG KONG, CHINA
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: Fall of Hong Kong
GRAPHIC: Map of Hong Knog with arrow showing Japanese advance from Kowloon
HONG KONG:
EXT
Columns of smoke rising / Japanese soldiers / Japanese soldiers advancing / Japanese soldiers climbing structure / cranes / Japanese soldiers advancing with smoke rising behind / huge pall of smoke over building / damaged buildings with GRAPHIC overlaid "Hong Kong completely occupied December 25, 1941" / wrecked buildings / window of building / Japanese soldiers raising arms and cheering in clebration of victory / deserted street / British armoured vehicle / captured field guns / captured military equipment being stacked up / prisoners sat together, many of them are sailors / British police officer drinking / prisoners, including one with a monkey on his shoulder / British and Japanese officers shake hands / Japanese soldiers standing guard outside building
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