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Chinese civilians visit the Sun Yat-Sen Mausoleum in Nanjing, China
Map of the Republic of China showing Beijing (Peiping), Guangzhou (Canton), and Nanjing (Nanking). The Sun Yat-Sen Mausoleum in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. Aerial view of Nanjing and the mausoleum of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, the father of modern China. A pagoda in Nanjing. Chinese civilian visitors climb the stairs leading to the Sun Yat-Sen Mausoleum (China, Jiangsu, Nanjing, Xuanwu 210014).
USS Panay Incident: U.S. sailors abandon the sinking United States ship Panay after a Japanese attack in Nanjing (Nanking), China.
Japanese attack on United States Navy gunboat USS Panay anchored in the Yangtze River at Nanjing (Nanking), China. Ship crew and others evacuate the United States ship Panay after a Japanese air attack. Men transfer onto barges and pull away. Men jump into the river. Japanese aircraft in flight. Bullet marks on the ship. Barges approach the coast and views of the Panay sinking slowly in the background. Men unload their belongings on the shore. Gradually the ship sinks.
Men injured due to a Japanese attack on United States ship USS Panay looked after in Nanjing (Nanking), China.
Aftermath of the Japanese attack on United States ship USS Panay in Nanjing (Nanking), China. Men injured because of Japanese attack on the USS Panay lying on stretchers. Injured covered with sheets. Severely injured men. A man with a bleeding forehead. A man ties bandages on wounds of a man. Officials speak to each other. Injured carried away on stretchers.
Japanese troops load and fire artillery near the Kwang-hwa Gate at the Nanking wall in China.
Japanese troops fight outside the walls of Nanking in China during the Second Sino-Japane War. Destruction and battle near the Kwang-hwa Gate. Japanese troops fire over the wall. The carry equipment and material up the wall. Troops atop the wall. Soldiers seated with artillery. Soldiers in a field. Smoke due to explosions. Destroyed buildings. Soldiers load and fire artillery. A white smoke cloud rises into the air due to the explosion. Soldiers fire through broken windows in destroyed buildings. Troops atop wall. Machine gun and artillery fire. Soldiers advance with rifles, cross a bridge, climb up the wall. A sword salute by the Japanse troops on the wall.
Firemen fight fire at Treasury Building on Nanking road as policemen control traffic around it in Shanghai, China
View of Nanking road commercial district, in Shanghai, China. Smoke billows from Treasury building on fire, in the distance. Camera moves to the scene of fire, where firemen raise mobile ladders against the building, and carry hoses up to fight the fire at higher levels. Scene shifts to distant view with smoke engulfing the area. Local people, who gather to watch the firefighters, are controlled by policemen. View of fireman climbing from a hook and ladder truck, carrying hose upward. More views of crowd and policemen. A fireman reaching an open porch area of the building, carrying hose. He is followed by another fireman. View of hose connected to hydrant, leaking somewhat at the connection. Two firemen on ground directing a strong stream of water from their hose. Smoke pouring from the burning building, and drifting across the street.
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in presaged by a decade of Japanese military aggression in China (WW2)
Opening scene shows the famous image of American battleship USS Arizona as attacked by Japanese forces in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 in World War II. The ship is engulfed in black smoke, and listing. Change of scene to a waterfront in Japan during 1938, where numerous Japanese soldiers board troop ships bound for Manchuria, China. Next, are scenes of Japanese troops marching as they occupy Manchuria. Closeups of some Japanese soldiers. Scene shifts to a train moving on the South Manchurian railway, at a station showing a sign reading,"Chin Hsien." View of steam locomotive pulling a train away from the camera position. (Narrator states that a Japanese train, on the South Manchurian Railway, had been dynamited) This incident triggered a Japanese attack on Mukden, Manchuria. Japanese infantry are seen placing numerous bundles of reeds as a bridge across a wide, shallow, stream and proceeding to cross on their way to invade Mukden. Military supplies are carried on pack animals. In the air, overhead Japanese Mitsubishi G3M Type 96 land-based attack aircraft are seen flying in precision "V" formation. On the ground, Chinese civilians run for cover in the City of Mukden. (The date is September 18, 1931.) Glimpse of Chinese civilians looking at bombing victims on street of Mukden. Brief view of Geneva Switzerland, where League of Nations was housed. A memorial stone monument in that city to Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States and founder of the League of Nations. An entrance to the League of Nations headquarters in the Palais Wilson in Geneva, Switzerland. League delegates in session inside the Palais Wilson. A Japanese Naval Fleet, under command of Admiral KichisaburÅ Nomura, is seen steaming toward the Chinese coast and begin a naval bombardment, firing their guns, 15 miles from Shanghai. Japanese Naval biplanes are seen in flight overhead. Japanese troops marching in the streets of Shanghai, as sidewalks of onlookers wave Japanese flags. Next, Japanese troops are seen marching out of Shanghai, at the insistence of the League of Nations. (Narrator states Japan signed a truce with China on May 4th, 1932.) View of Japanese troops entering further, into Mongolia. Japanese soldiers waving flag celebrating formation of the Puppet State of Manchuko in Northeast China and Inner Mongolia, in 1932. Japanese statesmen leaving the League of Nations headquarters, after Japan resigned from the League on February 24, 1933. Japanese infantry moving further into China supported by field artillery fire. Explosions from artillery and damaged buildings, as Japanese troops advance in China. Invaders using tall ladders to scale walls of a damaged fortress in China. Japanese pilots receiving briefing and boarding their Mitsubishi Ki-30 single engine light bomber aircraft at an airfield. View of them taking off and inflight, dropping bombs on Chinese targets. Aerial views of bombs exploding on ground below. Retreating Chinese army marching along the Great Wall of China. Chinese people and military forces moving their military and civilian resources deep into the Chinese interior.
