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The Chinese Civil War, 1927 1950
The Fall of Liberal but corrupt China to Iron Fisted rule of Communism.
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Chinese athletes demonstrate ancient sports games
Large crowd in stadium waving flags / row of Chinese athletes holding ancient sports paraphernalia / man demonstrates traditional archery / CU straw target / younger females in the crowd / athletes demonstrate 'kicking the shuttlecock'...
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Sino-Japanese War
Japanese air bombardment of Chinese troops and subsequent evacuation of Kupeikow / aerial view of men carrying wounded on stretchers walking through village / Chinese troops walking away / villagers driving wounded livestock / soldiers...
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Embassy officials go to the USS Panay after bombing
/ CU sign reading: 'EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA' / soldier at guard house / men getting out of parked cars / men climbing on board boats / boat heading out to USS Panay / camera pans exterior of the gunboat. Embassy officials...
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SYND 19 8 78 FUNERAL MASS AT THE VATICAN FOR CHINESE CARDINAL PAUL YU PIN ARCHBISHOP OF NANKING
Funeral mass at the Vatican for Chinese Cardinal Paul Yu Pin Archbishop of Nanking.
1. gv exterior St Peter's
2. gv hearse outside
3. ms women crying
4. gv coffin out of hearse and being taken in, mourners follow behind
5. ms...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Japanese bombs strike the USS Panay anchored in the Yangtze River, sparking the USS Panay Incident in December of 1937
Title card: 'US-Japan in Crisis!' / title: 'Nanking' superimposed over sky with bomb dropping / various shots of smoke and flames rising from ground where bomb hit / map of China with pointer showing Nanking / American sailor and flag in...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Chinese President Wang Jingwei Visits Japan
Ship 'Yawata Maru' floats at sea / Wang Ching-Wei and entourage disembark from ship / crowds gather at dock and wave flags / entourage boards train which leaves / Wang and entourage in train's cabin / brief view of Fujiyama from moving...