ASIA IN TEMPESTA (Reel 1 of 2)

Year Published: 1939

Creator: National Archives

Format: 16mm/video file

Description: National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 43827, LI 242-MID-2815 - ASIA IN TEMPESTA (Reel 1 of 2) - DVD Copied by Nick Stoller. Series: Motion Picture Films From G-2 Army Military Intelligence Division, compiled 1918 - ca. 1947. Reel 1, shows views of China's mts. and Great Wall. Japanese troops advance through mts. and bombard and capture a Chinese city. Includes views of Peiping. Japanese planes bomb and set fire to a Chinese city. Wounded Chinese are unloaded from ambulances. Gen. and Mme. Chiang Kai-shek pose. Chinese soldiers march and fire antiaircraft guns. Japanese soldiers advance in Mongolia and enter captured cities. Reel 2, maps the Japanese campaign against Shanghai and shows street scenes and views of the harbor. U.S. Marines disembark from warships and set up positions in Shanghai. Japanese planes take off and bomb the city, Japanese inf. advance, Japanese warships shell the city, soldiers fight in the street, and the city burns. Japanese. pose and distribute food to Shanghai civilians.