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Chinese communist May Day parade, Mao Zedong portraits, and Huang Yongsheng in Guangzhou (Canton), China
Chinese people celebrate International Workers' Day (also known as Labor Day or “May Day”) in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province (Canton, Kwangtung Province) China. Workers carry a large portrait of Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, during a Labor Day parade. Other workers are holding Cultural Revolution propaganda banners, and smaller sized portraits of Chairman Mao. A large crowd gathers for Labor Day parade. Chinese women and girls perform gymnastics. A traditional lion dance performance alongside modern gymnastics. Boys cheering while they hold a Maoist banner. The boys are seen holding their copies of the “Little Red Book” by Mao Zedong. Guangdong Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Committee Secretary Huang Yongsheng delivers a speech to the crowd. Crowds raise their arms with their “Little Red Book” copies during the speech. Crowds cheering under a large portrait of Mao Zedong. Two flags of the People’s Republic of China flank the Mao Zedong portrait.
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in presaged by a decade of Japanese military aggression in China (WW2)
Opening scene shows the famous image of American battleship USS Arizona as attacked by Japanese forces in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 in World War II. The ship is engulfed in black smoke, and listing. Change of scene to a waterfront in Japan during 1938, where numerous Japanese soldiers board troop ships bound for Manchuria, China. Next, are scenes of Japanese troops marching as they occupy Manchuria. Closeups of some Japanese soldiers. Scene shifts to a train moving on the South Manchurian railway, at a station showing a sign reading,"Chin Hsien." View of steam locomotive pulling a train away from the camera position. (Narrator states that a Japanese train, on the South Manchurian Railway, had been dynamited) This incident triggered a Japanese attack on Mukden, Manchuria. Japanese infantry are seen placing numerous bundles of reeds as a bridge across a wide, shallow, stream and proceeding to cross on their way to invade Mukden. Military supplies are carried on pack animals. In the air, overhead Japanese Mitsubishi G3M Type 96 land-based attack aircraft are seen flying in precision "V" formation. On the ground, Chinese civilians run for cover in the City of Mukden. (The date is September 18, 1931.) Glimpse of Chinese civilians looking at bombing victims on street of Mukden. Brief view of Geneva Switzerland, where League of Nations was housed. A memorial stone monument in that city to Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States and founder of the League of Nations. An entrance to the League of Nations headquarters in the Palais Wilson in Geneva, Switzerland. League delegates in session inside the Palais Wilson. A Japanese Naval Fleet, under command of Admiral Kichisaburō Nomura, is seen steaming toward the Chinese coast and begin a naval bombardment, firing their guns, 15 miles from Shanghai. Japanese Naval biplanes are seen in flight overhead. Japanese troops marching in the streets of Shanghai, as sidewalks of onlookers wave Japanese flags. Next, Japanese troops are seen marching out of Shanghai, at the insistence of the League of Nations. (Narrator states Japan signed a truce with China on May 4th, 1932.) View of Japanese troops entering further, into Mongolia. Japanese soldiers waving flag celebrating formation of the Puppet State of Manchuko in Northeast China and Inner Mongolia, in 1932. Japanese statesmen leaving the League of Nations headquarters, after Japan resigned from the League on February 24, 1933. Japanese infantry moving further into China supported by field artillery fire. Explosions from artillery and damaged buildings, as Japanese troops advance in China. Invaders using tall ladders to scale walls of a damaged fortress in China. Japanese pilots receiving briefing and boarding their Mitsubishi Ki-30 single engine light bomber aircraft at an airfield. View of them taking off and inflight, dropping bombs on Chinese targets. Aerial views of bombs exploding on ground below. Retreating Chinese army marching along the Great Wall of China. Chinese people and military forces moving their military and civilian resources deep into the Chinese interior.
Chinese civilians visit the Sun Yat-Sen Mausoleum in Nanjing, China
Map of the Republic of China showing Beijing (Peiping), Guangzhou (Canton), and Nanjing (Nanking). The Sun Yat-Sen Mausoleum in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. Aerial view of Nanjing and the mausoleum of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, the father of modern China. A pagoda in Nanjing. Chinese civilian visitors climb the stairs leading to the Sun Yat-Sen Mausoleum (China, Jiangsu, Nanjing, Xuanwu 210014).
Admiral Harry E. Yarnell holds formal meeting with Japanese and British counterparts, aboard USS Isabel (PY-10) in Canton, China
Views from a boat moving in the Pearl River at Port of Canton (Guangzhou), in time frame of the Second Sino-Japanese War. A small island in the river. Many boats of all types: steam ferry boat; small hand-rowed passenger boats; ships and sailing vessels anchored and moored. U.S. sailors form honor guard as visitors arrive and board the USS Isabel (PY-10) serving as flagship of Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, Commander in Chief of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet. Seen walking along the deck, Admiral Yarnell and his Japanese and British Naval counterparts,are in formal dress uniforms. Among those seen, with Admiral Yarnell, are a Japanese Admiral and Army officer, accompanied by a diplomat, and a British Admiral conversing with a diplomat.
Anchored and sailing boats around harbor area, Canton.
A man sailing boat with oars in the Pearl River, downtown Canton (Guangzhou), China. Anchored fishing boats in harbor. Fishing boats crowd the harbor area. Buildings in the background. Boat with hanging laundry sails in the river. A traditional Chinese Junk boat sailing in the Pearl River. Shoreline as seen from river.
Chinese workers read the “Little Red Book” during the May Day celebrations in China
Chinese workers celebrate International Workers' Day (also known as Labor Day or “May Day”) in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province (Canton, Kwangtung Province) China. Workers’ parade in Guangzhou. Parade participants crowd streets and carry Maoist banners and placards. Chinese workers holding up pictures of Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, during a Labor Day parade. Musicians play instruments in a moving cart. A Chinese man wearing glasses beating drums. Chinese women marching with communist banners. Vertical signs are tied to floating balloons. A huge crowd gather with banners and signage. A large portrait of Mao Zedong stands in the middle of the crowd. A large portrait of Mao Zedong on display on a stage. Two flags of the People’s Republic of China flank the Mao Zedong portrait. Cultural Revolution propaganda in various posters and banners in the May Day parade. Chinese palace lantern on display. Musicians playing trumpets and flutes in the middle of the crowd. A Chinese communist musician with trumpet. Chinese spectators waving with their copies of the "Little Red Book" (“Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung”) by Mao Zedong. Mass of Chinese people reciting from the "Little Red Book" together. Chinese Communist Party officials crowd the May Day stage. A large portrait of Mao Zedong hangs above the officials. Crowds of Chinese workers clapping and cheering. Chinese women wearing factory attire cheering and holding copies of the “Little Red Book”. Young Chinese teenagers attend the parade, some raising their arms. Musicians beating drums. Smoke covers the whole surroundings during the parade. Crowds wave pom-poms and hold communist banners and side portraits of Mao Zedong.
