Members of the Cease Fire delegation arrive in Beijing (also known as Peking or Peiping), China. They seek to negotiate a peace between the Chinese Nationalist government led by Chiang Kai-shek and Communist insurgents led by Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung). Delegates descending from an airplane include Walter C. Robertson (in charge of Chungking affairs for the US), General Ye Jianying (Yeh Chien-Ying) of the Chinese Communist Army, and General Cheng Kai-Ming of the Nationalist Forces. Delegates pose for a photograph.
U.S. Army General George Marshall arrives in Shanghai, China. A C-54 plane taxis on Kiangwan Airport. Troops lined up in the foreground. Spectators present and MPs (Military Police) hold them back. Generals Marshall and Albert Coady Wedemeyer review guard of honor. General Marshall is introduced to various Chinese officers including Minister of War General Ho Yin-Chin, Mayor of Shanghai General Chien Ta-Chun. Chinese troops are served coffee and dough nuts by the Red Cross. Chinese troops eat. A file of Chinese troops marches off. Reception of General Marshall in Shanghai shows a motorcade through cheering crowds and views of the crowd lining up the streets.
Chinese army leaves Shanghai for Manchuria, China. Chinese troops delouse themselves by using Dichloro Diphenyl Trichliroethane (DDT) over each others head and clothes to get ready for re-sailing on U.S. landing crafts. Troops carry equipment and luggage aboard crafts.
Inflation and black marketing in Shanghai, China. Illegal goods transaction in the city. View of harbor. Ships at harbor. Buildings along side of harbor. Men work on the harbor and lift barrels. People on cycle-rickshaws and other vehicles on the street. Men sleep along a side of a street. People buy and sell articles in a market.
White Nazi civilians being marched out of Ward Road Jail (Now called Tilanqiao prison, Hongkou Qu, Shanghai Shi) by American Military Police in Shanghai, China after World War 2. Arrested Nazi civilians board a truck with Military Police. Military policeman speaks to Nazi civilian onboard truck. Nazi civilian smokes cigarette inside truck. Military policeman sits on passenger seat in truck. Military police truck drives on the road in Shanghai.
British Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser on deck of the HMS Swiftsure, a Minotaur-class light cruiser of the British Royal Navy, in Shanghai. Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser speaks to British officer onboard. Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser speaking with other British Navy officers and laughing onboard HMS Swiftsure. Various ships in the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China.
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