Consequences of the St. Mihiel Offensive of World War I. Rubble and debris strewn around on the ground in France. Captured German equipment. A flag flutters at a supply depot. Bombs arranged in rows. A soldier puts on a combat vest.
Consequences of the St. Mihiel Offensive of World War I. A German cemetery in St. Mihiel, France. A road along the cemetery. Trees along the road. A vehicle parked on the road. A man standing in the cemetery salutes. A soldier enters the cemetery.
Conditions in China in 1927-28. A large crowd of people is assembled outdoors, in Shanghai, China. Several display Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) flags. Next, the people are seen scrambling for pamphlets that are being thrown into their midst. Camera pans across the crowd, revealing that they are assembled near a waterfront pier on the Huangpu River, where a number of ships are docked. Closeup of the pier shows men carrying cargo and packages through the crowd. Scene shifts to two men apparently distributing literature from a truck, and a crowd (mob) of people pushing into an official-looking building. Next, a contingent of armed Chinese sailors marches through the throng. They pass by the people crammed into the doorway of the official-looking building, paying no attention to them. More armed Chinese military march through the area. Views of people jammed into the streets. A line of armed British soldiers is seen trying to control a crowd (probably near the International Settlement). They push the demonstrators back. Scene shifts to a group of Chinese men seated on the ground, eating bread. someone gives one of them a small tin box that he attempts to pry open.
Conditions in shanghai, China in 1927-1928, as the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) under Chiang Kai-Shek, seeks political unification of China. A group of Chinese military officers leads a number of officials through an open air market in Shanghai, China. They climb steps next to the camera site. Next, large flags and banners including flags of the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) are carried by a crowd of people, gathered in front of a person speaking to them. View from behind the speaker, as he gestures, while forcefully addressing the crowd. Chinese people waving their straw hats enthusiastically in response to the speaker. View, from several yards away, shows a platform with several officials on it, surrounded by the crowd, waving their hats. Demonstrators, carrying banners march through crowded streets
The Great Buddha of Kamakura at the Kōtoku-in Temple (4 Chome-2-28 Hase, Kamakura, Kanagawa 248-0016, Japan). People worship in front of the statue. Monks in the temple. People walking in the courtyard of a shrine in Kamakura. Monks feed birds in front of th Higashi Hongan-Ji temple (Karasumadori Shichijo-agaru Kyoto, 600-8167 Japan) in Kyoto. Wood carvings on the ceiling of a temple. A monk touches the famous Hair Rope of Higashi Hongan-ji Temple. Back pose of a Japanese woman with traditional “icho-gaeshi” hair. The woman turns.
Conditions in Japan in 1927-1928. An animated map of the Pacific Ocean depicts the growth of Japanese military might since 1894. The map depicts areas under Japanese empire in 1894, the Chinese Japanese War of 1894-1895, the Russian Japanese War Of 1904-1905 (Russo-Japanese War), the territory under Japanese influence and World War I from 1914-1918. Officers watch as Japanese soldiers march. Japanese cavalry units. Soldiers run forward. Japanese Emperor Hirohito looks at the maneuvers at the Imperial Japanese Military Academy in Tokyo. He salutes standing at a dais. The soldiers parade. A naval smoke screen is laid to shield the army at a river crossing. The Emperor looks on as soldiers in a barge land at a shore. Two vessels in a water body. Japanese sailors march. Emperor Hirohito in conversation with military officials. From the deck of his flagship 'Katori', he watches as naval guns are fired.
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