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Tragic Exodus: Red China Expels Eight Nuns

Tragic Exodus: Red China Expels Eight Nuns
Clip: 426039_1_1
Year Shot: 1966 (Actual Year)
Audio: No
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1752
Original Film: 039-073-01
HD: N/A
Location: Peking, China
City: China
State: China
Country: China
Timecode: 00:00:48 - 00:02:02

No Audio. Eight european nuns accused of spying in Peking are expelled from Red China. One collapses at the border and is taken across on a baggage handcart. She later dies. Their 100 year old school for diplomat's children in Peking is mobbed and damaged by Red Youth Guard, who hate all foreign influences. Peking, China High Angle over a fenced off compound (barbed wire) in China. MS Nuns are being escorted by the Red Chinese at a railroad depot. MS of a nun laying on a rolling luggage cart through the railroad depot. Her face is down in the fabric of her habit covering her face. The ill Nun is helped down some stairs by the two other nuns. ECU of two nuns praying in front of the cameras. ECU Hands held in prayer. ECU anguished expression on a nun's face. ECU - A very ill nun. ECU Nun wiping her face with a hankie and she breaks down crying.