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U.S. Lieutenant General Daniel I. Sultan explains why troops are needed in India and Burma during World War II
World War II film about the China, Burma, India (CBI) Theater of Operations. A soldier is seen filling out a form seeking information about him and inviting him to write in questions about anything he hadn't learned through normal information channels. Scene shifts to Information and Education Department of the Burma-India Command, where it is being processed by a soldier. Lieutenant General Dan I. Sultan, commander of Burma-India Theater, is seen next, seated at a desk, with wall map of the region behind him. He is appearing in an information film intended to inform troops under his command. He notes that more than half the troops who filled out the information form, asked why American troops were stationed in India and Burma. He refers to the recent recall of General Stillwell and the splitting of CBI into two theaters (China and India/Burma). He states that the purpose is a path toward Japan. An animated map shows China (that narrator notes has been fighting Japan since 1937). Animation shows Japan walling off China from the outside world, by seizing her ports, and then concentrating its grip on the Eastern part of the country. Without access by sea, the allies had only one option to assist China in the fight against Japan. That was to open the Burma Road. Film shifts to scenes of Japanese bombing of Shanghai and Chinese civilians abandoning the city. Wounded and injured Chinese fighting fires while tending casualties in an open area. Glimpse of Chinese soldiers near one of their few large artillery pieces. A gun crew manning one of her few antiaircraft guns. Chinese jam road in trek to the unoccupied provinces of the country. Chinese carrying casualties on stretchers, making do without ambulances. Chinese coping in the face of all kinds of shortages. In contrast, well supplied Japanese troops are shown in formation. Japanese troops, military vehicles and equipment are seen. Japanese firing machine guns and heavy artillery against Chinese positions. Japanese armor and long lines of troops engaged against the Chinese, who continue to resist in spite of shortages and hardship. Chinese soldiers without shoes, marching in a column.
Members of the Cease Fire delegation descend from an airplane in Peiping, China.
Members of the Cease Fire delegation arrive in Beijing (also known as Peking or Peiping), China. They seek to negotiate a peace between the Chinese Nationalist government led by Chiang Kai-shek and Communist insurgents led by Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung). Delegates descending from an airplane include Walter C. Robertson (in charge of Chungking affairs for the US), General Ye Jianying (Yeh Chien-Ying) of the Chinese Communist Army, and General Cheng Kai-Ming of the Nationalist Forces. Delegates pose for a photograph.
Second Sino-Japanese War
Opening scene shows formation of Japanese Mitsubishi G3M bombers in flight. View of bombardier at bomb sight inside a bomber. Bombs falling from the aircraft, upon the Chinese city of Shanghai, on a day in September, 1937. Ground level view of bomb exploding and Chinese civilians running for cover. A huge explosion throwing earth up. Aerial view of smoke rising from bomb strikes below. More ground views of bombs destroying structures. Chinese people fleeing across a bridge. Cluster of bombs falling from a Japanese airplane. More explosions and destruction. view from a G3M bomber, of others with bombs falling from them. View from above of civilians filling a street as they run for shelter. People on the ground rushing in all directions. Some are in horse-drawn carriages with luggage on top and other in rickshaws, apparently fleeing the city altogether. Bombing victims lying on the ground near destroyed structures. Heavy dark smoke rising from the attacks. Scene shifts to Japanese army officers entering the Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo. Behind them is A Shinto Tori (Gate) and behind that, the monument (statue) of Omura Masujiro. Scene shifts again, to view of the Temple of Heaven, an ancient Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Peking (Beijing) China. Chinese agriculture. Crowds of Chinese people. Stone statue of traditional Chinese lion. Picture of 1851 oil-on-canvas painting by the German American artist Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, of Washington crossing the Delaware. Drawing of 15th century ship similar to one in Columbus'1492 voyage to America. Drawing of Roman Empire era building. Michelangelo’s statue of Moses. Drawing of ancient Egyptian pyramid and statue. Drawing of Chinese city and environs representing 4 thousand years ago. Extant ancient Chinese shrines and statues. Animated Relief map of China and surrounding countries of U.S.S.R., India,Burma,Thailand, Indo-China, Philippines, and Japan. Animation outlines China Proper. It also shows Manchuria and scenes from there of desolate mountainous land, with miners at work extracting raw materials. Mongolia and Sinkiang are outlined. The Gobi desert is seen with a long camel caravan crossing it. Closeup of nomads transporting animal skins by camel. The last region outlined is Tibet. The ice covered Himalayan mountains are shown. Buddhist monks praying in the courtyard of a shrine in Tibet. The Yellow, Si Kiang, and Yangtze Rivers are shown on the map. Views of Chinese sailing vessels.
Japanese actions leading to 2nd Sino-Japanese war and attack on United States at Pearl Harbor in World War II
Japanese army officers examining foreign military equipment. A Japanese worker employing electric drill developed in a Western country. The Japanese freighter, Tatsuno Maru, loading scrap iron at a port in the United States. Other Japanese freighters loading coal and oil for shipment back to Japan. View of the Washington Naval Conference in Memorial Continental Hall, Washington, DC, held in 1921-22 and again in 1927 and 1930, to deal with several lingering issues. Glimpse of Japanese people holding flags while gathered near the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Glimpse of Japanese army troops on parade. Japanese Navy warships at sea. A fleet of Japanese Mitsubishi G3M bombers and Nakajima Ki-27 pursuit planes, parked on an airfield. A loose formation of Ki-27s airborne. Animated map illustrates Japanese fortification of Mariana, Caroline, and Marshall islands in the Pacific. Animated map illustrating China's greater size and population vis-a-vis Japan. Animated map illustrating Japanese occupation of Manchuria in 1931. New York Times newspaper with headline "Japs Seize Manchuria" hovers over fires burning in Manchuria. Other newspaper headlines reporting on Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia; the Spanish civil war; surrender of Czechoslovakia; invasion of Poland; assaults on France, Belgium, and the Netherlands by Nazi Germany; the London Blitz; and Nazi advances against Russia on the Eastern Front. Fnally, a Boston Hearald extra edition headline reports: "Pearl Harbor Bombed." A still photograph of Japanese Baron Tanaka Giichi (on left) with two other dignitaries, circa 1929. Japanese infantry streaming into Manchuria and then celebrating as they walk into local town. A busy street in a Chinese city. Japanese soldiers in Manchuria escorting local prisoners along a street. Animated map illustrating Japananese warships surrounding harbor of Shanghai, China. View from a Japanese ship bombarding Shanghai. Smoke rising from shell striking on Shanghai waterfront. View from land of severely damaged buildings on a street, and a shell exploding in background, as Chinese defenders move to successfully repel the Japanese forces. New map illustrates subsequent Japanese move, annexing Jehol, from occupied Manchukuo, and Korea. Japanese troops entering a town in Jehol. Sun newspaper headline: "League Censures Japan." Chinese diplomat protesting at League of Nations. Japanese troops exiting railroad trains in Jehol. Aisin Gioro Puyi aka Henry Pu Yi, Kangde Emperor (Kang-te Emperor) of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo, is seen saluting Japanese troops on parade. Closeup of Puyi wearing shaded glasses, looking directly into the camera. chiang Kai-shek, with other Chinese officers. Reenactment of barbarian forces riding against China and thwarted by the Great Wall. Many Chinese walking in a long line along the Great Wall. Map tracing the Great Wall across China. Aerial view of the Great Wall from overflying airplane. Japanese troops marching through a city gate; infantry climbing a sheer cliff; and helmeted Japanese soldiers marching past civilians in a city. Map illustrated progress of Chinese unification by year 1937. Japanese officers conferring during occupation. Japanese troops leave a barracks, riding in open trucks. A line of the troop trucks moving along the dirt street of a town. The troops climb from their trucks in the town.
Chinese and Japanese soldiers fighting during the Marco Polo Bridge Incident.
Japanese propaganda during the Sino-Japanese War. The Marco Polo Bridge Incident battle between the Chinese Nationalist (Kuomintang) and the Imperial Japanese Army. “1937” flashes on the screen with explosion in the background. Graphics over newspaper reads, “Trouble started at Lukoukiao near Peking. When Chines troops fired on Japanese soldiers” A map depicting Beijing and neighboring cities and regions. “Lukowkiao (Marco Polo Bridge) is shown on the map. Sign reads “Lu Know Kiao”. Marco Polo Bridge (Fengtai District, China) near Beijing. The Lugou Xiaoyue monument (Wanping Bridge, Fengtai District, Beijing, China) with Chinese writings. A truck drives across Marco Polo Bridge. Aerial view of Marco Polo Bridge. Soldiers marching on a wooden bridge. Chinese women running on the street in Shanghai. Refugees loaded on a truck. A woman carrying a baby. Nationalist planes in flight, bombing Shanghai to drive out Japanese soldiers. “Chinese Warplanes rain bombs in Shanghai” reads one newspaper headline. “590 Killed..War At Shanghai’s Front Door” reads another headline. The Palace Hotel (Swatch Art Peace Hotel 23 East Nanjing Road (Bund 19), Shanghai 200002, China) in Shanghai. Debris and destroyed buildings from damage by Chinese Nationalist plane bombings. Large group of refugees leaving Shanghai. Chinese Nationalist plane in sky. Buildings on fire. “Nanyang Bros. Tob. Co. Ltd Godown No.3” building on fire. Japanese soldiers running in two straight lines. Japanese troops sit on moving truck. Japanese troops with fire hoses to put out flames. Another plane in the sky. A column of Japanese soldiers fire rifles in the air with Japanese flag behind them. Soldiers shooting anti-aircraft gun into the air.
Chinese government leaders in 1937, and Chinese troops and Boy Scouts being reviewed by Chinese officials.
Views of government leaders of the Republic of China in 1937. Chang Po-Ling, President of Nankai University. Po-Ling is seen with a little boy outside a house. Next, General Ho Ying Chin, Minister of War is seen in full military uniform while speaking. Next scene shows Lin Sen, Chairman of the National Government, speaking into a microphone while standing on an outdoor stage. Next scene shows Chiang Kai-Shek and Madame Chiang seated in a garden. Chinese dignitaries including military officers walk down a flight of stairs and approach the camera position. A mass assembly of Chinese Army troops is seen. Next, Chinese Boys Brigade marches by a reviewing stand. Chinese Boy Scouts in uniform march with flags.
