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Chinese government puts speedy cruisers into service to stop smuggling and the river pirates in Yangtze River

Chinese government puts speedy cruisers into service to stop smuggling and the river pirates in Yangtze River. Chinese cruiser fires on a smuggling boat in sea.

Date: 1936, August 12
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025722
Introduction to the story of the telescope, including images of an astrolobe and a sundial

The story of the telescope. View of setting sun and stars at night. Animated picture of various objects formed in the constellation of stars. The stars move around the North Star. The 'Path of the Zodiac' in the sky. Calendar shows various months and dates of a year. Clock shows time of a day. In a 15th century Chinese observatory, a man spins a giant globe that serves as a map of the sky. An astrolobe instrument with which astronomers measure the angles of stars and its positions. A sundial used to tell time of day. Picture of Galileo looking through the telescope. Animated picture of planets around the sun.

Date: 1937
Duration: 4 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023091
United States 7th infantry soldiers advance towards the south bank of Yalu river along Manchurian border.

'UN Forces escape trap' about the United Nations forces during the Korean War. A map of Manchuria shows the position of United Nations troops along the Manchurian border. Position of the UN forces as the Chinese Red Army drived them away from the border. UN troops along the38th Parallel. United States 7th Infantry Division troops move up snow covered mountains along the Chinese and North Korean border. Supporting planes strafe the snow covered hills. A view of the frozen Yalu river along the border in North Korea.

Date: 1951
Duration: 3 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058695
Chinese propaganda film. U.S. prisoners of war eat a meal and play ping pong in Chinese prison

Chinese propaganda film. U.S. prisoners of Korean war serve food as they stand around a table with bowls placed on it. Men eat their meal as they sit around the table. A man plays ping pong as others sit in the background. Possibly Pyongan Bukdo prison camp.

Date: 1951
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048300
People greet the Soviet Red Army as they move back to Russia after the World War II.

Demobilization of Red Army at the end of World War II. Chinese people gather along road side and cheer the Soviet Red Army troops as they demobilize at the end of World War II. Troops loaded on tanks move past the cheering crowds. A large crowd celebrates as they carry a huge poster of Joseph Stalin.

Date: 1945
Duration: 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049387
Allied ships arrive at Chinese coast for supply of weapons and equipment during World War II.

A promotional documentary justifying Japanese involvement in World War II. Allied ships arrive at Chinese coast for delivery of weapons and equipment. Flags on the ships.

Date: 1941
Duration: 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074581