A U.S. Army Air Forces C-54 transport follows a jeep to park at airport in Nanking, china, capital of the Nationalist Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) Government of Chiang Kai-shek. Chinese Air Force P-51 aircraft are seen parked on the ramp in background. General George C. Marshall, on Presidential mission to facilitate peace between KMT and Communists, steps from the airplane and is greeted by Chinese Generals Shang Chen; Ho Yin Chin; and U.S. Lieutenant General Wedemeyer and American Ambassador to China, Patrick Hurley. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek personally escorts General Marshall to a waiting staff car.
Madame Chiang Kai-shek (Soong Mei-ling), wife of Chairman of the Nationalist Government of China Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek in Chongqing (Chungking), China. Madame climbs down a ladder and is helped by two officers. People greet her at Chongqing Airport. Madame walks towards a car parked at the airport. Madame Chiang escorted by Chinese officers. She enters a building. Other Chinese dignitaries enter the building. C-54 Skymaster at the airport. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek walks towards the building. Chinese officers stand near a car. Madame and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, walks followed by Chinese officers. The General and wife getting into the car. The car leaves.
Madame Chiang Kai-shek (Soong Mei-ling), wife of Chairman of the Nationalist Government of China Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek in Chongqing (Chungking), China. A banquet hall in Chongqing. Madame and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek dining with U.S. officers and Chinese officers. A Chinese man serves food to Chiang Kai-shek. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek eating with chop sticks. Madame eating with chopsticks. Madame Chiang awarding medals to U.S. officers and noncommissioned officers. (World War II period).
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek of the Nationalist Government of China reviews troops in Beijing (Peiping), China after the end of World War II. United States Marine Corps (USMC) Lieutenant General Keller Emrick Rockey wearing the Order of the Cloud. The troops pass in review. The reviewing stand in the background. The troops march holding the American flag and 1st Marine Standards. Madam Chiang Kai-shek (Soong Mei-ling), the Generalissimo and Lt. General Rockey watch the troops. The troops go past the reviewing stand. Vehicles drive past on the street. A bugler blows into a bugle. Generalissimo Chiang-Kai-Shek and General Rockey and USMC General William A. Worton discuss amongst themselves. Madam Chiang Kai-shek and the Generalissimo in view. The Generalissimo walking on a street. He walks past the doorway of a building. Marine guards in the background. The Generalissimo and Madam Chiang-Kai-Shek get in a car. General Worton opens the doors for a Red Cross woman. She enters the car. General Worton and Lt. Gen. Rockey speak to the Red Cross woman.
Generalissimo of the Nationalist Government of China Chiang-Kai-shek reviews troops in Beijing (Peiping), China after the end of World War II. USMC (United States Marine Corps) General William A. Worton and USMC Lieutenant General Keller Emrick Rockey speak to a Red Cross woman. Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek takes off a cape. A marine officer arranges a reviewing stand. Officers are prepared to present awards. Officials salute. Men arrive to receive the awards. The Generalissimo speaks into a microphone. He awards the Order of the Cloud to Lieutenant General Rockey. Lt. Gen. Rockey salutes Generalissimo Shek. Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek awards the Order of the Cloud to General Worton. He awards the Bronze Stars to enlisted men. They salute and shake hands with the Generalissimo.
Allied action against Japanese in China. Supplies are loaded in a freight ship as it leaves for China from Calcutta, India. Body of trucks loaded onto flat rail road cars. Trucks lined up. Men load bags onto freight trains. They roll down barrels. Tankers are filled with oil. Trucks carry supplies. A freight ship arrives at a port. (World War II period).
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