Communist China Roots Of Madness Reel-3

Shot List:

R3:00:22:28;22

March 1925 Sun Yat-sen dies. Scenes of Mandarins (Public Officials), Scholars, Warlords, soldiers file past his bier to pay homage to Sun Yat-sen.

R3:00:22:48;00

Footage of Chiang Kai-shek as he becomes the leader of the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang of China or KMT ). Chiang Kai-shek mobilizes troops of the National Revolution Army (NRA) under the new flag of China. July 9, 1926, scenes of the Northern Expedition, a Kuomintang (KMT) military campaign of the National Revolution Army led by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek against the Belyang government and warlords controlling northern China. Image of Mikhail Borodin with his Russian staff and their wives next to a train that was headquarters of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek as his army pushed north against the warlords.

R3:00:23:49;05

Scenes of a forward band of young revolutionaries, Nationalist and Communist alike, precede the troops calling to arms peasants and workers to join in the effort to unify China in a national revolution. Image of a young Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung), a devout Communist, that directed scores of peasant agitators to summons fury for the revolution.

R3:00:24:14;12

Scenes of Hankou (Hankow) China in the fall of 1926 as the National Revolution Army (NRA) troops take the city and moves its capital there. Scenes of the National Revolution Army soldiers raids the British concessions in Hankou, burns down foreign buildings and take down foreign flags. Scenes of the National Revolution Army moving down river and by April 1927 reached Nanking and pauses. Scenes of the left wing leaders (Communist) of the Kuomintang in Hankou (Hankou) speak out against Chiang Kai-shek. Image of Mikhail Borodin, chief agent of Communist International, agitating to get rid of Chiang Kai-shek.

R3:00:26:41;08

Scenes of the Communist (Guangzhou) uprising in December 1927 in the industrial city of Guangzhou (Canton) China that was quickly crushed by the National Revolution Army. Professor Earl Swisher describes the events that took place. Scenes of bodies of Communist that were identified by the red stain around their necks and immediately killed. Mao Tse-tung ( Mao Zedong) escaped and went into hiding.

R3:00:28:32;01

Chiang Kai-shek is introduced as President of the National Government of The Republic of China. Scenes of the wedding of Chiang Kai-shek to Soong Mei-ling in Shanghai on December 1, 1927. Soong Mei-ling quickly became known as Madame Chiang.

R3:00:29:12;17

Footage of the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanjing (Nanking) China and the arrival of Sun Yat-sen body arriving at the mausoleum.

R3:00:30:48;22

Shows Chiang Kai-shek with Madame Chiang. Scenes of industrialization and jobs in the Chinese cities under control of Chiang Kai-shek and the National Government of The Republic of China. Scenes of Chinese enjoying the prosperity and western influence on the lifestyle of the Chinese living in the cities. Nightclub scenes of Chinese couples dancing to the tune “Night Time In Dear Old Shanghai” by the Shanghai Hotel Dance Orchestra in 1929.

R3:00:32:26;10

Footage of warlord Chang Tso-lin (Zhang Zuolin) Overlord of Manchuria. Chang Tso-lin was killed when a bomb destroyed his railroad train car on June 4, 1928. The Japanese punishes him for what they called his treachery. Scenes of the destroyed railroad car.

R3:00:32:49;05

Footage of Zhang Xueliang or Chang Hsueh-liang (nickname Young Marshall), eldest son of Chang Tso-lin (Zhang Zuolin), who became the effective ruler of Manchuria after assassination of his father by the Japanese. Rather than serving Japan as a puppet the “Young Marshall” chooses nationalism with Chiang Kai-shek. The warlords controlling Japan prepare to invade Manchuria.