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United Nation troops eat Thanksgiving dinner and begin to retreat from the bank of Yalu river along Manchurian border.
United Nations forces during the Korean War. Troops being served food near Yalu river on the Manchurian border during the Korean War. Soldiers being served food on the occasion of thanksgiving. Soldiers at a machine gun as a mess Sargent brings the Thanksgiving dinner for them. Chinese prisoners being rounded up as China enters the Korean War. United States 1st Marine Division troops and tanks retreat from the area. They move along the Hagaru road under extreme climatic conditions. Tents, trucks and tanks at the camp area. United States Air Force C-47 and C-119 aircraft drop food supplies by parachutes. Abandoned supplies and equipment being burned by the UN troops as they prepare to leave the area.
Views of China and Japan in the period leading up to the 2nd Sino-Japanese war
Film opens with outline map of Japan shown in contrast to 20 times larger China and figures representing China's 6 times greater population. Map of China is shown in pieces representing its numerous internal fiefdoms. In contrast, Japanese soldiers are shown marching in review before their singular leader, Emperor Hirohito and other national military leaders. Film shows contrasting 20th century characteristics of China and Japan. Sun Yat-sen, who figured prominently in post-Imperial China, and is considered the founding father of the Republic of China, is shown speaking to crowds. Narrator states that in 1911, this man fathered a peoples' revolution which brought to an end, China's ancient Imperial government. View of Chinese people marching and carrying flags and banners. Books are shown comparing China's Sun Yat-sen to America's George Washingon. Sun Yat-sen's political statement, shown in Chinese, contains words similar those in Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg address. View of schools and colleges built in the new Republic of China. Chinese students shown in libraries. A couple dining in a Chinese hotel restaurant, overlooking other buildings. A tall clock tower looms at the same height outside their window. Steel being erected for a tall building. Architects at work. Scientist looking through a microscope. Technicians at work in a chemistry laboratory. Medical staff and patients in a modern hospital. Children in school under compulsory education program. Chinese people exercising their freedoms of expression and religion. The funeral of Sun Yat-sen, in 1925, attended by his successor, Chiang Kai-shek, and other Chinese leaders in military uniforms. Chinese people attending an outdoor ceremony. Examples of areas needing modernisation. Chinese workers using manually operated machinery to process fabrics. Commercial vessel plying a river using wind and sail only. Views of steam locomotives and trains being introduced to link parts of China. Trucks moving goods over roads (still unpaved). Miners working in open air mines, digging coal and iron. Molten tin being poured from a crucible. Machines performing complex tasks in a fabric mill and women tending spinning and knitting machines. School children engaged in collective outdoor games and exercise drills. Scene shifts to Japan, where Emperor Hirohito, on a white horse, leads military leaders in reviewing Japanese forces. A formation of Japanese Model 97 medium tanks passing in review, with tank commanders saluting from their turrets. Glimpse of Japanese steel mill. Headline in World-Telegram newspaper of 14 february, 1934, reads: "Tokyo House Passes Huge Arms Budget." A Los Angeles newspaper of 23 November, 1934, expands on the same story. New Orleans Times-Picayune, Sunday, 5, May, 1936, reports that Japan is strained by its huge arms costs.
Japanese, United States Army and Americans celebrate anniversary of Yokohama Port which opened in 1859.
Anniversary celebration of Yokohama port, which opened in 1859. Japanese women seated in striped kimonos. A dragon dance in Yokohama’s China Town. Celebration Parade down Isezaki Street, in Yokohama. Dragon floats dance. Musicians march as they play music. U.S. Army participates in celebration. Yokohama locals dressed in costumes ride in parade floats. Japanese women in swimsuits wave from moving float. Military Police personnel ride on top of armored vehicles. A woman wearing a wedding dress dances on top of float. Japanese children wearing paper crowns enjoy the parade. Japanese policemen control the throng. Japanese children watch the various floats. The Big Picture host Sergeant Stuart Queen speaks about friendship of United States with Japan after the end of World War II.
UN troops retreat in Korea and the leaders of U.S. and England meet in Washington D.C., United States to discuss the situation.
United Nation troops retreat during the Korean War. UN forces comprising of the British and American soldiers retreat south wards in Korea as a result of Chinese aggression, Soldiers loaded in military trucks as they cross a bridge. Displaced Korean civilians in a barge, on rail road tracks and along the roads. In Washington D.C., United States British Prime Minister Clement Attlee meets United States President Harry S. Truman. United States Secretary of State Dean Acheson also attends the meeting. Prime Minister Attlee during his address before the National Press Club emphasizes on resisting the aggression by the Red China. He also affirms the firm faith of the two countries in the principle of Rule of Law.
Opening ceremony of Pro Soviet World Peace Congress in Warsaw, Poland
Delegates of different nations like China,United States exchange greetings. Priests and bishops are also seen meeting and greeting people. Delegates take their seats as convention begins. The congress' president,Fredric Joliet-Curie opens the ceremony and delegates rise from their seats to clap. In his speech he appeals for a world organization to control atom bomb. Another Italian representative Pietro Nenni in his speech criticizes the Atlantic pact and American action in Korea.
Chinese,African and Indian speakers at World Peace Congress in Warsaw, Poland
An African speaker addresses the Pro Soviet World Peace Congress in Warsaw in Poland followed by an Indian speaker. Audience listen to the speeches being delivered with their head phones. A Chinese speaker calls for United Nations admission of Red China.
