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Survivors are rescued from SS Kiangya which blows up after hitting a mine in the mouth of the Huangpu River in China.
Chinese refugee steamship SS Kiangya blows up, after hitting a mine, in the mouth of the Huangpu River in China. Superstructure of SS Kiangya remains above water after the mine blast. Rescuers rescue the survivors. Dead bodies of refugees on stretchers are placed on a dock. Weeping Chinese women. Casualties are carried on stretchers.
Chinese couples receive marriage licenses at the Shanghai Municipal Council and pose in Shanghai, China.
Mass Chinese wedding in Shanghai, China. Fifty four Chinese couples getting married enter a ceremony hall. People gather outside the hall. The couples, one after the other, receive their marriage licenses at the Shanghai Municipal Council. The couples walk out of the hall. The couples sit in a group pose.
President Truman and State Secretary George Marshall meet to confer on China crisis.
Secretary of State George Marshall emerges from plane in heavy rain. President Truman greets Marshall at airport. They stand together for photos and shake hands. Truman and Marshall walking and talking together beside the White House in Washington, D.C. They are meeting to discuss American policy regarding Berlin and the China crisis.
General Kai-Shek and Madame Kai-Shek arrives in a car and visit an air-base in China.
General Kai-Shek and Madame Kai-Shek arrive in a car. Colonel Bennett, Colonel Branch and Colonel Tex Hill receives the guests and greet them. General Kai-Shek talks to Chinese officers. They all move past the saluting Chinese airmen. Fighter planes in background. Madame Kai-Shek talks to Colonel Branch. General Kai-Shek walks through under the planes to inspect the bombers. General Kai-Shek and Madame Kai-Shek get back in the car. General Kai-Shek and Madame Kai-Shek inspect the maps on a table in the Wing's intelligence room. General Kai-Shek and Madame Kai-Shek view a chart as a soldier points to it on a wall. A man arrives in the room and shakes hands with the General. They all move. Chinese airmen salute as they pass by.
China's problems of industry, famine, agriculture, and excess population under the Communist rule of Mao Zedong
'Red China' depicts the living conditions in China under the Communist regime of Mao Zedong. A Chinese man dances with another performing a Dragon dance on stage in China. Traditional Chinese pavilions and structures, including the Forbidden City in Beijing. Chinese citizens of various ethnicities in the People’s Republic of China. Modern Chinese buildings and structures. A map of Asia shows China. Monuments including the Great Wall in China. Farmland of the North of China. Crowded streets in China, men pull rickshaws on the streets. People dance and march during the celebration. Narrator speaks of shortage of good farmland and notes that the Chinese people are "on a diet" (during the great famine) of 1600 calories daily per person, compared to the United Nations recommendation of 2100-2300 calories. View of crowded encampments and poor, under fed people in narrow streets. Chinese miner works in a coal mine. Strip mining for iron ore. Chinese oil production including refineries. Dances and celebration during various events. Chinese Young Pioneer girls practice ballet. Chinese youth perform acrobatics and stunts on stage. Chinese women and children laugh and cry. Young girls learn ballet, elderly men greet each other. North China: Herdsmen with sheep. Wheat farmers harvest wheat. South China: Rice farmers in fields. Women sew, farmers pose for the camera. Women work in a factory, people on the road. Chinese Christians attend church. Hui Chinese men pray inside a mosque in China. A large statue of Buddha inside a Buddhist temple. Chinese riding camels. Chairman of the Communist Party of China Mao Zedong reviews a parade during the "Great Leap Forward" timeframe, preceding the Cultural Revolution.
Views of fine shops on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, New York City, United States.
Street sign shows 5th Avenue and East 51st Street, in Manhattan, New York City. Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk on the Fifth Avenue. Double-decker bus of 5th Avenue Coach Company on the street. Fashionable shops shown include Best & Co.and Black, Starr & Gorham. Mannequins dressed fashionably. Silver and china and fine glass articles on display in shops. A woman stands and looks at several items on display. A man and boy look at model sail boats in shop window. Flowers in a flower shop. Cars move along the street.
