Japanese Foreign Service Officers, in formal wear of top hats and tails, lead funeral procession for Akagi Chikayuki, Japanese Special Deputy Conmissioner of Police Section, Shanghai Municipal Police, who was shot to death.The procession includes a Japanese military officer; bugler and fife player; contingent of Shanghai Municipal Police; a Police Band; and family of the deceased. Hearse stops in front of Hankow Bank, where Japanese military pall bearers remove and carry coffin into a building across the street.They are followed by Shinto priests and monks.
Japanese occupation of Shanghai International Settlement following attack on Pearl harbor, in World War 2. Civilians are seen gathered in the Bund area Of Shanghai. Across the street are seen buildings of the International Settlement, including the British consulate and adjacent headquarters of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC). Several Japanese marines drive past the camera, in vehicles, including two Type 92 Chiyoda Armored Cars. They lead a column of open trucks filled with Imperial Marines, who wave at spectators on the sidewalks. Camera zooms in on the HSBC building entrance, where Japanese soldiers and marines climb down from a truck and deploy to the building entrance and down the street, on foot. Next, marines are seen guarding and patrolling a now empty street. Camera focuses on a large Japanese rising sun flag displayed on the now occupied HSBC building. Marines guard the entrance of the building, where a paper sign is posted announcing the occupation in Japanese. Next, another Chiyoda Armored Car is seen leading a parade of Japanese marines. View from within the marching marines as they proceed along the street. They pass a group of rickshaws and drivers at one point. Camera zooms in momentarily on the rising sun flag carried by a color guard at head of the marchers. Scene shifts to boats in the Shanghai harbor. Most are ferry boats on one kind or another. But one is the American river gunboat, USS Wake (PR-3), which was captured while docked, and now displays the Japanese flag. At end of film, Japanese narrator mentions this, and also that the British gunboat, HMS Peterel (unseen) was sunk.
The Chinese communists guns batter Quemoy after a 15-day respite. Shells on the beach. Wrecked houses in the town. Soldiers come out of an airplane. Soldiers dig trench. Artillery on the field.
U.S. Navy heavy Cruiser USS Augusta CA-31 anchors up at Shanghai port for Manila. Admiral Harry Ervin Yarnell,leaves Augusta to command USS Isabel. Admiral receives salutes and farewell from fellow crew members and staff. Few naval soldiers line up and pose. Distant view of USS Augusta departing.6 January 1938.
Mauris Moutet, French Overseas Minister, on visit to Indochina to investigate indigenous rebellion, is escorted by Admiral Thierry d'Argenlieu, in review of Naval contingent on grounds of French military headquarters. The Governor's Palace in Saigon.
General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, Commander of French forces in Indochina, arrives by airplane and is greeted at military air base. He reviews troops arrayed in formation and converses with French Naval officers.
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