Sun rises from behind the Hingan ranges in Inner Mongolia. A heard of cattle flock near a stream to drink water and to bathe. A flock of sheep graze along the Hingan mountain slopes. Mongol men on horseback keep an eye on the cattle. Camels graze across a grass field. A stream flows across the grass field. A cowboy on horseback culls out a foal from a herd, using an uurga (loop on a long pole) whlle the mother stands nearby.
Life of Mongolians in the Tai-len area of Manchuria. Cattle bathe in a stream. Shepherds riding horses move along with cattle. Carts loaded with wood and containers in a field. A Mongolian family in a house that appears to be a round hut with a circular roof open to the sky. Interiors of native Mongolian hut and the utensils used by Mongolians. Mongolian youth riding a horse.
Japanese care for wounded soldiers during their invasion of Manchuria . A Fokker Super Universal aircraft lands in a valley. Japanese soldiers carry wounded to the airplane. One is carried on the back of a soldier. Others are on stretchers. Inserted shot of a Kawasaki KDA-2 (Type 88 reconnaissance bomber) with engine running. More wounded being placed aboard a Fokker Super Universal. The monoplane taking off. Another KDA-2 biplane flying overhead. Wounded being placed aboard ambulances and view of several driving slowly down dirt embankment. A wounded soldier being carried on a litter into a field hospital tent. View of medical staff treating the wounded. Soldiers carrying a comrade with a bandaged leg, into a tent.
Large crowds out on roads in warm weather, waving Japanese flags to celebrate creation of Manchukuo, a new independent (Japanese puppet) State renamed from Manchuria. Japanese officers on horseback move through the crowded street between rows of local people celebrating the new Government. .People move in procession waving Japanese flags. Japanese soldiers wave from buses moving on the street. Scene of the entire town filled with celebrating people.
Scenes of drought in Hailar district, Manchuria, previously known as Hulun. Camera pans across eroded cliffs showing soil depletion. Starving chicks, possibly eagle hatchlings, in a nest. A lone bird in the sky. Skeleton of livestock. A line of ox-drawn carts moving through the barren landscape.
Pan of a military compound. A Unit of cavalry, carrying the flag of Manchukuo, exits a military base. A wind sock flies in breeze at airbase. Two Japanese military biplane aircraft take off. Japanese flag flying on very high flag pole. A well-tended military building, with sand bagged sentry post at the entrance. Japanese officers on horseback observe a troop of cavalry parading loosely along a dirt street. They carry the Japanese flag. Closeup of the senior officer saluting the passing troop. A line of Japanese Type 94 tankettes moves along a dirt street. Horses being loaded on a wooden ferry for transport across a river, as a type 94 tankette enters the water and proceeds along the river. vies of the flat ferry carrying the horses. three tankettes moving along in the river. A train at station platform. Japanese soldiers and others on the platform. Sign at station reads Manchuria, in Cyrillic and Chinese. Manchukuo flag atop train station building. A beach scene, with hills across the water. A sentry on a lookout tower atop a building. Mounted Japanese cavalrymen with their officers on a hill overlooking the water.