A traditional Dragon Boat race in Shanghai, China commemorates the 2000th anniversary of the death of the first Chinese patriot. Large crowd gathers to witness the event.
Japanese troops fight outside the walls of Nanking in China during the Second Sino-Japane War. Destruction and battle near the Kwang-hwa Gate. Japanese troops fire over the wall. The carry equipment and material up the wall. Troops atop the wall. Soldiers seated with artillery. Soldiers in a field. Smoke due to explosions. Destroyed buildings. Soldiers load and fire artillery. A white smoke cloud rises into the air due to the explosion. Soldiers fire through broken windows in destroyed buildings. Troops atop wall. Machine gun and artillery fire. Soldiers advance with rifles, cross a bridge, climb up the wall. A sword salute by the Japanse troops on the wall.
Bombing by Japanese forces in Shanghai as part of the so-called "January 28 Incident" or "Shanghai Incident." Chinese civilians rush on streets of the Bund during time of attacks by aircraft from Japan. A streetcar goes by and pedestrians quickly cross streets. Japanese Major Harada talks to Japanese pilots of 8th Japanese flying squadron at Japanese airfield. Japanese swift aircraft drops bombs on North Station and destroy ancient native Chapei section of Shanghai, China. Views of wrecked city, dead bodies on road. Civilians leaving in hand carts and trucks. Civilians crossing garden bridge. Chinese troops take up defensive positions behind sandbags in bombed area of city. Bagpipes announce arrival of Argyll and Sutherland Highland Regiments from the United Kingdom. United States Marines present and on patrol at American Concession, guarding the lives of nationals in Shanghai.
P-51 combat operations over a Japanese held hill near Burma border in Wanling, China. Aerial view of the terrain below. Smoke rises as the bombs hit the ground. Two P-51s in flight. P-51s dive to drop bombs over the mountains and valleys below. (World War II period).
Allied Forces advance during World War II. Chinese troops defeat the Japanese at Changde, China (on opening slate in this footage the location is spelled as Changte). Chinese soldiers in prone position fire guns. They move through the rubble. A Chinese officer talks on radio. Captured Japanese military equipment inspected by Allied Military observers. Japanese Prisoners of War marched and then seated. Close-up views of faces of Japanese prisoners of war under Chinese guard. All the Japanese prisoners look toward the ground without expression. Some of the Japanese soldiers wear combat helmets with a gold star on the front, and others wear caps. Chinese soldiers march through the city. Destroyed buildings. Civilians return to the ruined city. They are given money for food. Refugee citizens of Changde in front of a Chinese temple.
People walk on the road and leave the city in hand driven rickshaws at Hankow, China. Bombs dropped on the other side of the river. People wear traditional headgear sitting and standing on the doorsteps of a building. Men look at the sky. Bomb dropped on the hill and people take shelter in a boat. Boats in the river and flag atop building. Scenes of destruction and man try to stop fire. People move and take injured humans on the stretchers.