Sino-Soviet conflict over the Manchurian Chinese Eastern Railway. Representatives of International Commission prepare to travel to the Hailar Front in China. They place the flags of United States, japan, and France on the locomomotive before passing through Chinese lines. Snow covers the ground. The representatives of America, France and Japan, which include women, leave the staff headquarters of General Hu Yu Kun, Commander-in-Chief of the Western Front.
Bomb damage at station Puhetu in Manchuria, China. The club of employees and workmen of the Chinese Eastern Railway at station Puhetu which was damaged due to aircraft bombing on November 29, 1929. A dining car destroyed by a bomb from a Soviet airplane. The remains of an apartment of a railway employee at station Puhetu robbed by Chinese troops on November 29, 1929.
Private villages of Puhetu and Meintuhe in Manchuria, China after they had been pillaged by Chinese troops on 29 November, 1929. Heads of executed marauders hang from a stretched line. Snow covers the ground.
American warships in Shanghai, China. An Italian cruiser of the Pisa Class. USS Edsall (DD-219) and USS Bainbridge (DD-246). A light Cruiser with single stack is anchored in the harbor. Numerous U.S. sailors embark on a large motor launch from the U.S. Transport ship, Chaumont. A Chinese Junk sails amidst the clutter of warships. U.S. Sailor at tiller of the motor launch, American flag fluttering in the breeze. Numerous warships in the harbor. Several Chinese Junks sailing in the harbor. The motor launch filled with U.S. sailors, underway.
A United States aircraft in flight over the Himalayas in Jorhat, India. An animated map shows places like Calcutta and Burma. Supplies are loaded onto a United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) C-87 airplane. The aircraft in flight over the Naga Hills. Aerial views of the terrain between Jorhat and Kunming. A Chinese farmland in view. The supplies are unloaded at an airfield in Kunming, China. They are transferred to a truck parked nearby. A USAAF C-46 parked on the airfield. Drums of aviation gasoline are unloaded. The C-46 takes off.
Japanese troops attack China during World War II. USS Panay underway in the Yangtze River outside of Nanking. The captain of USS Panay, U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander J.J. Hughes, aboard the ship. U.S. officials seated at a desk drinking tea. Japanese dive bombers drop bombs on the ship. Sailors man machine gun aboard the ship. USS Panay with decks awash. Personnel from USS Panay go ashore in a motor sampan. USS Panay sinks in the Yangtze River.