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.
Japanese immigration camps in Manchuria, China. Farmers separate grain. A Japanese colonist guard sits with a gun in his hand. Colonists march into a camp holding guns in their hands.
Showing change of prisoners from American to Japanese in Mukden, Manchuria during last days of World War II. Former POW (prisoners of war) Constant J. Wasilewaki, surviving POWs from cattle boat in which 1,623 POWs left the Philippines but only 400 reached Japan. Survivors of Bataan "Death March" includes Lieutenant Colonel Tarpley, Trspnell, Wilson and Lieutenant C.Y. Christis, men of 200th Coast Artillery corps. American prisoners of war Criville A. Johnson, Robert E. Butler worth play bass and guitar that they made while in prison. Cartoon called 'Changie- Changie' drawn by Benny Pinson, depicting change of prisoners from American to Japanese. Prison wall. High tension wire on top. Lieutenant Christie stack Red Cross carton atop pile. Japanese prisoners carry supplies under guard.
Review of the ceremonies and the official visits of the Japanese delegates to Hsinking, Manchuria. Crowd greets officials gathering for the signing a protocol. Buildings in the city. People walk on the street. Trees along the sides of the street. A car arrives. Children stand with flags. Officers come out of the car. Soldiers salute them. Buildings in the background. Soldiers stand to greet the dignitaries. A train arrives on a railway station. Japanese delegates and soldiers on the train. An airplane in flight. The delegates arrive at the platform. Soldiers salute them. Soldiers on horses outside the railway station. A clock on the wall. Soldiers stand holding flags. They greet the dignitaries. Japanese delegates in car move on the street. Soldiers on bikes move along the sides of the car. Other cars parked on the street.
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.
Successful test of the first German Post office mail rocket at Dummersee, Germany, on April 15,1931. It carries 180 pieces of mail (postcards). Reinhold Tiling is seen with his mechanic, Friedrich Kuhr, who holds the rocket, as Tiling inserts a cylinder containing compressed powder fuel. They then invert the rocket and Tiling affixes its nose cone. A post office official hands pieces of mail to Tiling, who places them into the rocket. They position the rocket on its launch stand and fire it. Uniformed Postal officials (and some military officers) watch the rocket as it rises smoothly after launch. Larger, better, and lighter metal (aluminum) are developed in 1931-32. Friedrich Kuhr standing next to a huge rocket with a wing span of 4 meters.