USMC 102860: The Bund and French Concession, Shanghai

Item Description
Title
USMC 102860: The Bund and French Concession, Shanghai

Citation information
USMC 102860: The Bund and French Concession, Shanghai. (P-0682; R-4-10.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/7029

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
P-0682; R-4-10

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 102860

Description
From (?) General Charles F. B. Price films, view of Shanghai circa 1937 showing naval vessels of the United Kingdom, France and the United States at anchor in the Huangpu River. Street view of the Yangtze Insurance Building (along the Bund), with first floor windows sandbagged. The French Consulate is shown with sandbags out in front. Aboard the deck of an unidentified French naval vessel, views of the city. Sequences showing street and creek traffic. Westerners stroll through a garden with some posing for the camera. French forces show off light tanks to the camera. More street scenes.

Location(s)
Shanghai (China)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed in the late 1930s.

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
B&W

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Reversal: positive

Original physical length
225

Original aspect ratio
1.37:1 (Academy)

Original media type
Motion pictures (visual works)

Language
English

Contributing organization
University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections


Digital collection name
United States Marine Corps Films


Rights information
Content may be protected by copyright.

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
08/29/2025

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K

Digital runtime
8:32

Digital file type
video/H264