Chinese men at work in a factory in China. Trains on tracks. A factory in the background. Men at work on a train engine. They weld parts of an engine. A Chinese worker welding a part. Men at work on different machines in the factory. A worker tests parts with a tester. A worker molds an engine part and hits it with a hammer. The body of the engine.
Japanese win battles in China during World War II. Japanese troops carrying guns and other necessary equipment move on a mountain. Soldiers stand around an artillery and fire. Smoke rises on the mountain due to the firing. The troops move up. They fire guns in prone positions. The troops in camouflaged uniforms fire. A building in the foreground. The troops cross a bridge. A close up of a Japanese soldier in grasses. The soldiers fire guns and advance. The troops in prone position on a railway track. Smokes rises due to explosions and troops move up.
The Flying Tigers (1st American Volunteer Group) in China join the United States Army Air Force during World War II. Three aircraft in flight. A Chinese sign on the back of an airman. Airmen stand in a group and are presented with an insignia. Aircraft parked in the background. A jacket of an airman reads 'AVG Flying Tigers'. Wings and insignias are presented to the airmen. A pilot in a cockpit. A close up of Commander of the Flying Tigers Lieutenant General Claire Lee Chennault. The Lieutenant General and an officer looks at a map. Chinese people hold flags and souvenirs. Men load supplies in an airplane. The airmen look at a map and decide the strategy to attack. A red ball is raised. The Flying Tigers in their uniforms get ready to board aircraft. Pilots in a jeep drive towards the aircraft. A pilot in a cockpit. The aircraft taxis and takes off. A General of the Flying Tigers at controls. The aircraft in flight.
Chinese refugee steamship SS Kiangya blows up, after hitting a mine, in the mouth of the Huangpu River in China. Superstructure of SS Kiangya remains above water after the mine blast. Rescuers rescue the survivors. Dead bodies of refugees on stretchers are placed on a dock. Weeping Chinese women. Casualties are carried on stretchers.
U.S. Army Air Service Douglas World Cruisers (DWC) in China during their first flight around the world. Animated map reads '3rd Division, Kagoshima to Calcutta, India, distance of 4,860 miles'. Boats in a river in Shanghai. Fishing vessels in the river. The world cruisers circling in the background. Chinese men in junks row out to greet the world cruisers. A Chinese band playing. Chinese aviation officers greet Americans aviators Lieutenant Erik H. Nelson and Lt. Leigh Wade.
A United States Army Air Force B-29 Superfortress bomber aircraft takes off from China during World War II. The B-29 Superfortress aircraft taxis and takes off from a runway. The aircraft in flight over mountains. Engineers of the Chinese Army construct landing strips.