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Life boats bring injured crewmen of USS Panay to a small Island where they receive medical treatment.
Relates to Japanese bombing of U.S. Gunboat Panay while she was anchored in the Yangtze River in China. Life boats bring injured crewmen of USS Panay to a small Island where they receive medical treatment.
Japanese troops with Chinese civilians during the Sino-Japanese War
Japanese propaganda during the Sino-Japanese War. The Japanese Rising Sun Flag on a ship sailing in the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China. Warships sail in the Huangpu River. Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) Soldiers unload supplies and provisions from ships. Soldiers climb down ship gang plank. A crane lowers a bucking horse onto the dock. Japanese soldiers approach a horse on the dock. A Sumida M.2593 (Type 91) armored car being lowered from a ship. Japanese troops disembark in Shanghai. Soldiers feed a horse. A Japanese soldier with bayonet rifle on guard. Japanese soldiers distribute rice to Chinese children. Chinese civilians with Japanese soldiers. A Japanese soldier giving candies to children. Chinese boys holding baskets. A Japanese soldier lights a cigarette for an Chinese woman. Japanese soldier stands at edge of field. Chinese farmers harvest in fields. A girl with braided pigtails carries a basket of vegetables. A farmer wearing a Japanese red sun symbol on his sleeve threshes hay in the countryside. Japanese soldier offers flowers to a memorial for dead Chinese soldiers.
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.
Anchored and sailing boats around harbor area, Canton.
A man sailing boat with oars in the Pearl River, downtown Canton (Guangzhou), China. Anchored fishing boats in harbor. Fishing boats crowd the harbor area. Buildings in the background. Boat with hanging laundry sails in the river. A traditional Chinese Junk boat sailing in the Pearl River. Shoreline as seen from river.
Japanese officers review the troops after their triumphal march into the city of Nanking.
Japanese troops fight outside the walls of Nanking in China during the Second Sino-Japane War. Triumphal march of Japanese troops into Nanking. Japanese troops march into the city. Buildings and hills in the background. Cars parked on the roadside. Soldiers with Japanese flags. Aircraft in flight over the city. A soldier atop a tank. Troops march on the streets. The military band marching. Soldiers with the Japan Empire and Imperial Japanese flags. Troops stand by the roadside as more troops march in. Soldiers on horses and on foot. They march past houses and shops. They line up at attention. Officers on horses march between the troops lined up on either side of the road. Wounded soldiers. Officers and troops salute.
Doctor reads reports at the Health section of the League of Nations.
A man enters the Health section of the League of Nations in Singapore. A doctor receives reports regarding contagious diseases in Asia. This information is passed to other countries, port authorities, and ships at sea. A League of Nations meeting regarding nutrition. A nurse accompanies a boy carried up steps on stretcher by paramedics. A nurse tends to a patient inside a hospital ward. A doctor or scientist works inside a chemistry laboratory on vaccines and drugs for healthcare. Montage showing Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and elevated view of pedestrians on a busy street in China.
