The March Of Time And War Reel-2

Empire Of Japan invades China, Japanese planes bomb Chungking, Supplies moving along the Burma Road, the Cairo Conference, Mao Tse-Tung and Communist forces, Chinese work for the war effort, units of the Chinese Nationalist Youth Corps march. Shot List: R2:00:00:06;04 Japanese planes bomb Chungking, China in WWII; CU of burning buildings. R2:00:00:26;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. R2:00:01:08;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. R2:00:01:23;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. R2:00:01:45;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. R2:00:02:58;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. R2:00:04:10;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. R2:00:05:50;03 Shows Chinese peasants and coolies building an airfield in China using primitive tools. R2:00:06:12;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.