Japan - China conflict pre-World War II. Views from a Japanese patrol boat along the Sungari River (Songhua or Sunghwa River). Japanese on patrol boat. Plane in flight. Smoke arises from the boat. Animated map points out stops at Tungho, Kiamusze (Jiamusi, Heilongjiang), Fuchin, and a Japanese immigration village. They are searching along the Sungari River for guerrillas. Japanese officer gives order to soldiers. They launch several boats of soldiers who assault an island in the river. The Japanese Navy flag. Soldiers on the boat. They watch through binoculars and ship fires its deck gun at island. Japanese soldiers seen at guerrilla camp site. Japanese soldiers get off the boat and enter the immigration village.
A Japanese Expedition's preparation for traveling in China. A locomotive train moving. Train departures and view of railway tracks. Sign board of 'Pao Tou'. Traditional Chinese Papier-mâché tigers and carp fish. Various floats at a festival. Documents of expedition. Picture of expedition. Men at snow covered area remove snow from land and roof.
Japanese safari employs camels to cross the Chinese desert . Map shows route taken by expedition in China. Safari transfers to bactrian camels. Flag of Japan with expedition. supplies loaded on camels. The safari proceeds as a camel caravan. In midst of desert, they experience sand storms. Huge sections of sand dunes collapse. The explorers set up a tent camp. They examine maps and plan their route by the light of coleman lanterns and candles. They set up a wireless telegraph in one tent to communicate with the outside world. The safari finally arrives at an area with some inhabited buildings. One expedition member measures and records sun elevation readings. The safari sets up another camp.
Japanese bombing of USS Gunboat Panay while she was anchored in the Yangtze River in China. Injured sailors helped into life boats. View of the damage to the ship's deck.
Farmers on a rice paddy in China. The farmers pull a plow in the wet and muddy field. The plow in the mud.
A P-51 combat operation over a Japanese held hill near Burma border in China. Smoke rises as bombs are dropped. Aerial view of a meandering River. A P-51 of the U.S. Army Air Forces in flight. Smoke rises from the top of hills. (World War II period).
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