The Baby in the Shanghai Railroad Station It was 28th August 1937. Retreating Chinese Nationalist troops had left behind them a blockade across the Whampoo River in Shanghai. At 2pm that day, the Japanese Navy was scheduled to blow it up. On the roof of the Butterfield Swires Building, which faced the Whampoo, were many correspondents and cameramen. They waited to record the bombing. By 3 o'clock the Japanese had not shown up. Word came through that the bombing had been postponed. The newsmen left. All but H.S. "Newsreel" Wong of Hearst Metrotone News; he decided to wait a little longer. About 4pm he heard the sound of planes. Three Japanese bombers came in low. They circled the temporary Japanese airfield and passed over Wong again. Seconds later, he felt the concussion of bombs exploding. Black smoke arose in the direction of the Chinese Arsenal, two miles away. Wong grabbed his 35mm Eyemo camera and film. He raced his car toward the arsenal. As he approached it, he realised that the railroad station had been hit. "It was a horrible sight. People were still trying to get up. Dead and injured lay strewn across the tracks and platform. Limbs lay all over the place. Only my work helped me forget what I was seeing. I stopped to reload my camera. I noticed that my shoes were soaked in blood. "I walked across the railway track, and made many long scenes with the burning overhead bridge in the background. Then I saw a man pick up a baby from the track, and carry him to the platform. He went back to get another badly injured child. The mother lay dead on the tracks. As I filmed this tragedy, I heard the sound of planes returning. Quickly, I shot my remaining few feet of film on the baby. I ran toward the child, intending to carry him to safety, but the father returned. The bombers passed overhead. No bombs were dropped. "The next morning's papers said there had been more than 1800 people, mostly women & children, on the railway... .......