CHINA: Chinese Communists resume offensive across Yangtse (1949)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Chinese Communists lead by Mao Tse Tung lead offensive across the Yangtse River. Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: Battle of the Yangtse CHINA: AMETHYST Shot of the Yangtse river where trapped by Communist shore batteries. Library shots of warship in river. CHINA Chinese communists resume offensive across Yangtse. Nanking evacuation continues while Shanghai falls within shadow of Communists advance. British warship Amethyst trapped in the Yangtze river by shell batteries COMMUNISTS Shanghai falls within menace of Communist advance. Mao Tse Tung seen in library shot EVACUATION. Nanking evacuation continues HO YING CHIN - NATIONALIST PREMIER OF CHINA Rejects Communist ultimatum - so Red Army advance continues MAO TSE TUNG Used in story of communist advance in China SHANGHAI Falls within shadow of Communist advance