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The March Of Time And War
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keywords: pre-wwii, wwii, china, empire of japan, great wall of china, chiang kai-shek, cairo conference, mao tse-tung
Synopsis: The lifestyle and governance of China in the 1930's and 1940's during the invasion of China by the Empire of Japan as well as the ideological rift between Communism and Democracy...(read more)
- Date: 1947
- Duration: 00:18:46
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: China
China - The March Of Time And War Reel-1
00:01:08;07
Image of a pagoda; the Great Wall of China; People walking on top of the Wall of China; Chinese statue of guardian lion; Image of Buddha carved into mountain; worshipers at a Buddhist shrine; Large temple bell in Buddhist Temple; Buddhism or Buddhist religion.
00:02:04;07
Chinese peasant plowing with oxen; large grinding stone removing the husk or hulls from the grains of rice; pack-mule (pack-animal) train.
00:02:31;00
Early China was a nation of independent villages. Ancient Chinese village and a village council of elders that govern the community. Rivers and canals that linked the far-flung villages of China; Chinese river boats; Camel caravan.
00:03:55;20
Christian religion in early China. New education and ways of the west was introduced to China by Christian missionaries. An early disciple of this new education was Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the father of the Chinese Republic. Sun Yak-sen speaking (no audio) as he spread the fundamental principles of his party, nationalism, democracy, and livelihood.
00:04:48;07
Chiang Kai-shek with Kuomintang Central Executive Committee members H. H. Kung and T.V. Soong; Chiang speaking and reviewing troops. Chinese Army troops marching in review. CU of Chinese soldier wearing a helmet with the emblem of the Kuomintang on side.
00:07:12;08
Animated map depicting the attack on China by the Japanese. Japanese bomber flying over a Chinese pagoda.
00:07:29;03
Shows Japanese planes bombing Shanghai, China on January 28, 1932 and in 1937 launched a full scale invasion of China; scenes of Chinese refugees fleeing to the interior regions of China. The Kuomintang of China (KMT) or Chinese Nationalist Party moved their base of operation, including machinery for war production, to Chungking deep into the interior of China. Various scenes of Chungking, China, the new capitol of China in the war years of the 1940s.
China - The March Of Time And War Reel-2
00:00:06;04
Japanese planes bomb Chungking, China in WWII; CU of burning buildings.
00:00:26;10
Animated map in 1941 show the Japanese had occupied most of the seaports of China and the only landline for supplying the Chinese Army was the Burma Road from British Burma to Chungking. Coolies repairing the Burma Road damage from Japanese bombing attacks; Trucks moving along the Burma Road delivering war supplies to the Chinese Army.
00:01:08;00
Animated map in 1942 show the Burma Road was cut-off after the defeat of British Forces in Burma the Japanese was able to block-aid all of China.
00:01:23;19
Cairo Conference, codename Sextant, in November 1943. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Prime Minister Winston Churchill at the Cairo Conference. CU individual images of Chiang Kai-shek, Winston Churchill, and President Roosevelt.
00:01:45;05
Shows the poorly equipped Chinese Infantry Soldiers. Fighting between well equipped Chinese soldiers firing artillery, machine guns, and flame thrower. Soldiers of Free China advancing. Free China flag waving in the breeze.
00:02:58;08
In north China thousands of square miles and 80-million people in defiance of the Kuomintang were controlled by Mao Tse-tung and his Communist armies. The split between China's Communist and the Kuomintang Government hampered China's fight against the Japanese. Mao Tse-tung, Communist crowds, Red troops marching, and a Communist printing press.
00:04:10;01
Under stress of war China drastically changed her ancient way of life to meet modern demands. Steel is poured; Shows Chinese women working in a cotton mill; women sorting and inspecting silk cocoons; Chinese silk industry producing parachutes for American and Chinese flyers. In Chinese war factory Chinese peasants manufacture electrical equipment.
00:05:50;03
Shows Chinese peasants and coolies building an airfield in China using primitive tools.
00:06:12;10
Shows Chinese children at play and in school in the 1940s; Chinese university students; Chinese Nationalist Youth Corps units marching, and youths working on farms and in factories. A Chinese government representative explaining the system of local government.
