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Crew members of Submarine, USS Crevalle, display a commemorative flag in World War II

The USS Crevalle (SS-291) on war patrols in East China Sea and Sea of Japan in final days of World War II. Crew members hold a flag they made depicting their engagements with Japanese shipping. It shows Japanese Navy Rising Sun flag with marks below for five Japanese Navy ships. It also shows the Japanese Red Ball flag and fourteen marks for other Japanese ships. As the film continues, it reveals more of the flag, showing more encounters with enemy shipping. A Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) passing by. Sailors standing on deck in bright sunlight with breeze blowing. One of the sailors is drinking from a mug. Sailor Robert Schwarz has grown a notable full beard and smokes a pipe. Toward the end of the film, the boat's Captain, Navy Captain Everett Hartwell Steinmetz, is seen from the back and in profile, standing on deck. Another aircraft passes overhead. (Note: Sailors holding flag in opening frames has been identified as James A. Katchis who served on the boat beginning as a Seaman 1st Class in August 1944 and Robert Schwarz of St. Louis, MO)

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076021
Japanese troops attack and capture Nanning in China.

Japanese troops capture Nanning in China. Japanese troops march amidst mountains in China. They march with artillery. They cross Ford River by wading with horses. Japanese troops attack city. Explosions in city. The flag of Japan. Japanese troops march on horseback. View of victory march. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675024807
Japanese troops bombard and fire on Changsha in China (WW2)

Imperial Japanese Army troops advance on Changsha, Hunan Province, China during World War II. View of boats in a lake. Japanese bombers bombard at the mountains and field in China. Explosions over the mountains. Japanese troops go with artillery to attack. The troops firing artillery. Wreckage and debris. Invading Japanese troops bombard and fire. Battles ensue and Japanese win. Exterior of a building. Japanese troops on horses.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675024841
Flying Tigers work for United States Air Force in China

'Flying Tigers of China join U.S. Air Force '. Brigadier General Claire Chennault and Colonel Scott look at a big map of China out side a building with a picture of Chiang Kai Chek. Colonel Scott talks to pilots. Captain Wong of Chinese Air force welcomes him. Pilots of Flying Tigers group with Chinese flags on their backs. P-40 fighter planes take off. Brigadier General Chennault flies a P-40 plane.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058487
Chinese laborers use primitive tools to construct an airfield for United States B-29 aircraft in China during World War II.

Chinese laborers build an airfield in Western China during World War II. Nearly 70,000 Chinese laborers walk to an airfield construction site. Men, women and children carry primitive tools as they walk towards the airfield site. Laborers work with primitive tools as they construct an airfield for United States Army Air Forces B-29 Super fortresses. Laborers break stones with hammers. A treadmill being used too mix water and sand. Laborers eat chow for lunch. A 10 ton roller being hauled over the runway as men pull it. A B-29 aircraft in flight. Another B-29 aircraft taxis along and takes off. Chinese laborers build an airfield in Western China during World War II. Nearly 70,000 Chinese laborers walk to an airfield construction site. Men, women and children carry primitive tools as they walk towards the airfield site. Laborers work with primitive tools as they construct an airfield for United States Army Air Forces B-29 Super fortresses. Laborers break stones with hammers. A treadmill being used too mix water and sand. Laborers eat chow for lunch. A 10 ton roller being hauled over the runway as men pull it. A B-29 aircraft in flight. Another B-29 aircraft taxis along and takes off.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058765
China's problems of industry, famine, agriculture, and excess population under the Communist rule of Mao Zedong

'Red China' depicts the living conditions in China under the Communist regime of Mao Zedong. A Chinese man dances with another performing a Dragon dance on stage in China. Traditional Chinese pavilions and structures, including the Forbidden City in Beijing. Chinese citizens of various ethnicities in the People’s Republic of China. Modern Chinese buildings and structures. A map of Asia shows China. Monuments including the Great Wall in China. Farmland of the North of China. Crowded streets in China, men pull rickshaws on the streets. People dance and march during the celebration. Narrator speaks of shortage of good farmland and notes that the Chinese people are "on a diet" (during the great famine) of 1600 calories daily per person, compared to the United Nations recommendation of 2100-2300 calories. View of crowded encampments and poor, under fed people in narrow streets. Chinese miner works in a coal mine. Strip mining for iron ore. Chinese oil production including refineries. Dances and celebration during various events. Chinese Young Pioneer girls practice ballet. Chinese youth perform acrobatics and stunts on stage. Chinese women and children laugh and cry. Young girls learn ballet, elderly men greet each other. North China: Herdsmen with sheep. Wheat farmers harvest wheat. South China: Rice farmers in fields. Women sew, farmers pose for the camera. Women work in a factory, people on the road. Chinese Christians attend church. Hui Chinese men pray inside a mosque in China. A large statue of Buddha inside a Buddhist temple. Chinese riding camels. Chairman of the Communist Party of China Mao Zedong reviews a parade during the "Great Leap Forward" timeframe, preceding the Cultural Revolution.

Date: 1961
Duration: 6 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021674