A celebration during the Cultural Revolution and the deification of Mao Zedong in Beijing, China. A large crowd of civilians gathered in a square during the celebration. Paper lanterns seen. Buildings in the background. The civilians cheer and celebrate, all waving their copies of Mao's Little Red Book (sometimes called the Mao bible). Dignitaries stand on a raised platform. Cho En Lai addresses the gathering. Mao Zedong stands nearby. Communist Chinese leaders lead the crowds in chants. A band plays and masses of Chinese march with flags and moving a gigantic image of Mao Zedong. The sky above Tiananmen Square is filled with balloons. A mass of Red Guard Chinese youth march with huge mural Poster depicting Chinese workers. Images of Marx, Lenin and Stalin are carried in the parade. Large crowds of Chinese people march in the Tiananmen Square, waving their copies of Mao's Little Red Book.
Arrival of European Jews in Shanghai, China. Jewish refugees aboard ship SS Conte Biancomano at a port in Shanghai, fleeing deteriorating conditions in Germany leading up to World War 2. The refugees are processed by reception officials at a desk on deck, as they disembark. Some appear to travel by smaller boat to another location. The Japanese Cruiser Idzumo is at dock in front of the Japanese Consulate. Scenes of the travelers with their belongings on the Bund. They walk up a steel ramp to the back of an open truck and representatives, of the International Settlement organization,drive them to their next location. They stand in line at a food stand. A group looks at a map, together. Another group learns basic English words of "please" and "thank you." Group at table practices writing. The men and women have fun by going down a slide in what appears to be a school playground.
Japanese troops fight in Hankou, China during World War II. A line of Japanese soldiers march across a field. Japanese gun crew push an artillery gun. They load shells and fire artillery gun. A shell being loaded into artillery gun as seen from inside the gun barrel. Japanese tanks fire at enemy positions. Japanese soldiers fire machine guns. A wounded man carried away on litter. Artillery being fired on field. A Japanese bomber over Takuan bomb ground targets. Smoke billows up from explosions.
Japanese troops fight in Hankou, China during World War II. Japanese troops fire machine guns and artillery guns from a hill. Smoke rises from explosions on hilly terrain. Smoke billows up from explosions.
Japanese fleet underway in the Pacific Ocean during Second Sino-Japanese War (World War II). Animated map of China. Japanese pilots being briefed at an airfield. Japanese planes take off and in flight. Japanese bombers bomb Luoyang and Xian. Smoke billows up from explosions.
Japanese attack on Yichang, Hubei province, China during Second Sino-Japanese War (World War II). Japanese soldiers with rifles move up on hillside. Soldiers fire machine guns on a field.