Clip

The Battle of China
Clip: 487659_1_18
Year Shot: 1940 (Estimated Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 270
Original Film: WPA 1667
HD: N/A
Location: China
Timecode: 00:53:16 - 00:55:43

CU map of Russia showing lack of Russian threat. CU map of Britain & Germany bombing. (though not defeat of GB, not real threat to Japan) TLS British naval ship. TLS the White House. CU newspaper headline, "Navy bill passes house." LS naval ship. (work on 2 ocean navy) LS tanks & airplanes. CU "The Tanaka Memorial Japan's dream of world empire." MS Japanese government or high command. (start on phase 3 & 4) MS Japanese navy Admirals sit at a table. Text, "Pearl Harbor." LS explosions, smoke rising from U.S. Naval ships. MC Chinese Army high ranking officers planning. (no real aid from allies in South Pacific) CU newspaper headlines, "..lay Peninsula invaded," "Hong Kong," "Singapore falls," "Corregidor taken." (Japan successful) CU map Chinas lose the Burma road. TLS/MS Chinese soldier moving along the Great wall. CU headline, "52,000 Japanese fall at Changsha."