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Japanese film of high-ranking Allied military officers taken prisoner in World War II and held in various places including Japanese-occupied China
Camera pans over a closeup of British Lieutenant-General Arthur Ernest Percival who was captured in the fall of Singapore. American Lieutenant-general Jonathan Wainwright, smoking the stub of a cigar, as he sits with U.S.Major General Edward P. King, Jr. (Both were imprisoned in the Japanese invasion of the Philippines.) A naval officer POW posing in front of a tree. Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, in pith helmet, smoking a cigarette. POWs eating and conversing with Japanese interpreters, (One POW appears to be U.S. Brigadier General George F. Moore, who was imprisoned along with Wainright and King, in the Philippines.) View of POWs in a library, where one is reading from a script, while being recorded. Other POWs looking at documents.
Sports in China including martial arts and sports such as basketball, archery, swimming, diving, and ice skating.
In traditional martial arts, Chinese men and women perform in streets with weapons and swords, in complex forms. Two men engage in martial arts combat with hands and feet. In western sports, girls play basketball. Girls in an archery program shoot arrows with bows. Men play a basketball game as a crowd of fans watch the basketball game. People at outdoor swimming pool. People dive in pool in a competitive diving event. People enjoy ice skating on outdoor ice rink, with singles and a pair of men skating.
Men visit opium house in China where they prepare and smoke opium.
Large house with long sloped shingled roof and traces of snow. A man enters through gate, greeted by another. Third man arrives on bicycle. Inside house, row of beds with men lying on two of them. They proceed to prepare opium for smoking and then share an opium pipe. Pictures of Western women on wall.
Scenes of the "Flying Tigers" in China during early phase of World War II
Curtiss P-40 airplane of the "Flying Tigers" with tiger teeth painted on its nose, early in World War 2. American volunteer airmen of the squadron loading belt of 50 caliber ammunition into the plane. A red warning flag raised above the plane as guns are tested on the ground. Flying Tigers pilots in their operations office. Closeup of American General Claire Chennault,adviser to the Chinese Air Force and Commander of the Flying Tigers. Pilots scramble to their aircraft and take off to engage Japanese planes. Eight P-40s flying overhead in a V formation. Aerial view of Flying Tiger P-40s in flight. Closeup view of Japanese Tachikawa Ki-36/55 airplane, in flight, with canopy open showing pilot in front cockpit and second crew member in rear cockpit. (Wheel pants are not installed on this aircraft, indicating it is a Ki 55 version.) View of a P-40 diving. General Chennault conversing with a Chinese officer. A group of pilots in flight suits and helmets walking away from the flight line after a mission.
Mourners at a funeral procession in rural China.
View of a funeral procession in a Chinese village. Overhead view of the procession passing on village road. People carry a large wooden coffin on their shoulders. Mule carts follow the procession in a queue. View of the grave consisting two compartments for man and wife with carved and painted entrance hung with silk curtains. Mule carts parked on ground. A group of men hold flags in the background. Mourners wearing traditional costumes in the procession. Funeral ceremony carried.
United States soldiers enjoy a Christmas meal using chopsticks, joined by children in China.
United States soldiers share a Christmas dinner with five poor Chinese children during World War II. The group is seated around a restaurant table. Chinese calligraphy adorns the restaurant wall. The soldiers and Chinese children eat with chopsticks. Soldiers and children take noodles and other dishes from a common plate. Soldier offers a dish to a girl. Girl takes morsels of meat from the soldier’s plate. People with chopsticks taking noodles from a common plate.