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Japanese invasion of Hong Kong during World War II.
View, from Japanese Seaplane tender/troop carrier, Kamikawa Maru, of several gunboats following behind her during approach to Hong Kong in World War 2. Aichi E13A Japanese float plane (Jake) is partially visible on ship's catapult. Japanese troops assemble on deck of ship and are inspected by officers. A float plane is catapulted. The Japanese troops enter assault boat, carrying rising sun naval ensigns. The float plane taxis past troops in their boat. The troops wave to their shipmates who wave back from the Kamikawa Maru. Assault boats underway with gunboats following. Naval guns firing from twin turret aboard Japanese warship. Heavy guns firing from battleship. Aichi E13A plane overhead. Japanese warships in bay below. Aerial view of smoke rising in Hong Kong from naval barrage and bombing. Japanese troops taking fortified positions, running past barbed wire obstacles, and climbing a steel crane at the port with a sign reading "Babcox and Wilcox Ltd, 5 tons at 30 ft and 2- 1/2 tons at 45 ft ." Smoke billowing in the air as Japanese troops run along a rooftop.Smoke rising from a virtual sea of flames. Scene shifts to later after fires have been extinguished. Senior Japanese officers inspect the state of the port and facilities. Sunken British ship, at pier, in camouflage paint. Surrendered British sailors, and some soldiers, held in a large open square.
Wrecked British fortifications, captured British soldiers, and cheering Japanese soldiers after victory in Hong Kong during World War II.
Japanese propaganda film touting victory of Japanese forces over British forces in Hong Kong. Contains Japanese-accented narration in English. Shows scenes of fall of Hong Kong to Japanese forces during World War II. Wrecked British fortifications in Hong Kong. Japanese soldier cheer after surrender of Britain. Views of British tanks and artillery captured during this war. British soldiers taken as prisoner, are seen seated in groups outside building where surrender takes place. British officers emerge after signing surrender of city, and shake hands with Japanese officers. Number of warplane aircraft from Imperial Japan fly over Hong Kong. Cavalier officers of Japanese military patrol on streets of Hong Kong.
U.S. B-25s bomb Japanese headquarters in Hong Kong (WW2)
First of three American air attacks on Japanese positions in Hong Kong on 25 Oct 1942, during World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft lined up at an airfield in China. General Claire L. Chennault, of Flying Tigers fame, discusses the missions with Colonel Caleb V. Haynes China Air Task Force (CATF) Bomber Section Commander and Colonel Robert T. Scott (CATF's 23rd Fighter Group Commander) 11th Bomb Squadron B-25 takes off from Ehr Tong Airfield at Kweilin (Guilin), China along with P-40 fighter escort. Formation of escorting Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighters. B-25 bombers in flight over mountain ranges. Bombs being dropped over the Hong Kong headquarters of the Japanese. Bombs impact and smoke rises.
The Chinese boat dwellers taken to their new homes in a British colony, Hong Kong.
The British Government relocates the Chinese boat dwellers or Tanka people in Hong Kong. Sampan boat houses crowd in Aberdeen Harbor. The British colonial government provides one room for each family in this large-scale housing project. Vehicles on the beachhead carry the boat dwellers to the British Crown colony. The boats are destroyed.
Street scenes in British Crown Colony, Hong Kong. Chinese boats unloading cargoes
British Crown Colony , Hong Kong. Chinese coolies using small hammers to break stones into gravel on a road in Victoria. Children walk on street. British officials in a building ignore an old Chinese man begging at entrance. Chinese children walking on road. Views in the Chinese district: residents squatting on the ground, cooking and eating, outside large thatch roofed dwellings. British Naval Officers in immaculate white uniforms, walk through the area. Chinese families, with small children. Chinese food vendors on sidewalks. Boats tied up at dock. Chinese workers unload cargoes from wooden boats, using manual capstans and winches and lines.
Scenes of Southern Coast, Victoria, British Crown Colony, Hong Kong
Coastal areas in the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong. Scenes of Victoria's Southern coast. Two women being carried in sedan chairs. Woman and young girl walk through garden in vicinity of Stanley Village, and wave to photographer as they pass a fountain. Views of Repulse Bay Beach, and Repulse Bay, with its beach, surf, and beach houses.