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Japanese invasion of Hong Kong during World War II.

View, from Japanese Seaplane tender/troop carrier, Kamikawa Maru, of several gunboats following behind her during approach to Hong Kong in World War 2. Aichi E13A Japanese float plane (Jake) is partially visible on ship's catapult. Japanese troops assemble on deck of ship and are inspected by officers. A float plane is catapulted. The Japanese troops enter assault boat, carrying rising sun naval ensigns. The float plane taxis past troops in their boat. The troops wave to their shipmates who wave back from the Kamikawa Maru. Assault boats underway with gunboats following. Naval guns firing from twin turret aboard Japanese warship. Heavy guns firing from battleship. Aichi E13A plane overhead. Japanese warships in bay below. Aerial view of smoke rising in Hong Kong from naval barrage and bombing. Japanese troops taking fortified positions, running past barbed wire obstacles, and climbing a steel crane at the port with a sign reading "Babcox and Wilcox Ltd, 5 tons at 30 ft and 2- 1/2 tons at 45 ft ." Smoke billowing in the air as Japanese troops run along a rooftop.Smoke rising from a virtual sea of flames. Scene shifts to later after fires have been extinguished. Senior Japanese officers inspect the state of the port and facilities. Sunken British ship, at pier, in camouflage paint. Surrendered British sailors, and some soldiers, held in a large open square.

Date: 1941, December
Duration: 3 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675058391
U.S. B-25s bomb Japanese headquarters in Hong Kong (WW2)

First of three American air attacks on Japanese positions in Hong Kong on 25 Oct 1942, during World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft lined up at an airfield in China. General Claire L. Chennault discusses the missions with Colonel Caleb V. Haynes China Air Task Force (CATF) Bomber Section Commander and Colonel Robert T. Scott (CATF's 23rd Fighter Group Commander) 11th Bomb Squadron B-25 takes off from Ehr Tong Airfield at Kweilin (Guilin), China along with P-40 fighter escort. Formation of escorting Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighters. B-25 bombers in flight over mountain ranges. Bombs being dropped over the Hong Kong headquarters of the Japanese. Bombs impact and smoke rises.

Date: 1942
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059555
Hong Kong Hotel building and its entrance in Vietnam.

Hong Kong Hotel in Vietnam. Another building nearby under construction. The windows and panes at the hotel. Wordings 'Hotel Hong Kong' on top of the entrance of the hotel.

Date: 1967, December 4
Duration: 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675037269
U.S. civilians are freed by communists after imprisonment and brain washing by Communist China

The People’s Republic of China releases detained U.S. civilians in the Chinese border with British colony of Hong Kong. U.S. civilians cross "Bamboo Curtain," arriving to freedom in Hong Kong. U.S. civilians are freed by the Communist Chinese government after imprisonment and brain washing. Civilians include Catholic Church missionary Father Harold Rigney, Rector of the University of Beijing. A young naval intelligence officer and Fulbright Fellow student at Beijing University named Walter Allyn Rickett and his wife Adele are among the released prisoners. Former U.S. Flying Tiger pilot Lawrence Buol shows happiness after his release from China. Buol sits while Rickett drinks a bottle of soda after their release.

Date: 1955, September 19
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071438
Thai tanks and troops marching through the streets of Bangkok in Thailand.

Animated map of Pacific region shows spreading Japanese offensive in the Southwest Pacific, flashes of Manila, Hong Kong, and the Malay jungle. People on the streets in Manila, Philippines. A boat in water. Scenes of Hong Kong port. People in markets. Scenes of Malaysia and Singapore. Thai tanks and troops marching through the streets of Bangkok. Scenes in Makassar on Celebes and on Sumatra. Japanese fleet at sea and planes in air. Japanese troops boarding landing craft from transports. Going ashore under cover of naval bombardment. Machine gunners and automatic rifleman firing. Infantry charging. Animated map of Pacific region. Japanese planes bombing Port Darwin in Australia. (World War II period).

Date: 1942
Duration: 4 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675034859
British soldiers on African front,and Japanese fleet advancing,and the activities in Asian countries during World War 2

A film about the war activities in Africa and Asia during the World War II. Aerial view of the North African Front. The British soldiers fire artillery. The soldiers carry an injured soldier on a stretcher. El Alamein, Egypt : Officers salute a convoy of jeeps. The Japanese soldiers aboard a ship in the Pacific ocean. A soldier loads his gun. The soldiers salute. A Japanese aircraft takes off. Hong Kong: Troops advance along the bombed area as Hong Kong falls. Thailand: An officer signs pact. A dead body in water near a damaged bridge. Men in a boat. The soldiers enter a damaged building. The Japanese occupation in the various parts of Asia. Animation depicts the Allied forces swept along the Pacific. Soldiers on a U.S. war ship.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067755