Sihang Warehouse (四行仓库), flying Chinese flag, seen from Yu Ya Ching Road Bridge (西藏路桥), Shanghai, during the Battle of Sihang Warehouse (四行倉庫保衛戰)

Sihang Warehouse (四行仓库), flying Chinese flag, seen from Yu Ya Ching Road Bridge (西藏路桥), Shanghai, during the Battle of Sihang Warehouse (四行倉庫保衛戰)

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: JM02-071. The Joint Savings Society Godown (JSS or Sihang Warehouse 四行仓库) is on the left. The Continental Bank Godown is on the right. The godowns were the location of part of the Battle of Shanghai, as dramatised in the (historically inaccurate) blockbuster film 'The Eight Hundred' (八佰 Ba Bai). See JM04-101, JM04-102 and JM04-103.

Location

Shanghai

Estimated Date

August-October 1937

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

University of Bristol Library, Special Collections