Sino-Japan War
| DATE |
CONTENTS |
| 08/21/1937 |
CHINESE IN AMERICA SEND AID TO FIGHTING BROTHERS. San Francisco's Chinatown starts drive for funds - crowds watch bulletins on Far East conflict. |
| 09/01/1937 |
SENSATIONAL FILMS OF SHANGHAI BOMBING. The greatest drama of the war in China filmed by News of the Day cameramen at risk of their lives! Scenes of terror photographed a few seconds after the bombing of Shanghai's big hotels and department stores; many sections of the city aflame; thousands of Chinese refugees in mad flight; the U.S. Marines arriving to protect Americans! A graphic and complete presentation of history in the making! |
| 10/13/1937 |
BOMBING OF NANKING! SENSATIONAL FILMS OF LATEST AIR RAIDS! News of the Day cameramen under fire bring to the screen another striking chapter of the frightful carnage in China as Japan relentlessly continues her campaign of terror! Hospital wrecked by bombs, refugee trains turned into dreadful shambles, hundreds killed, whole villages in flight! Japanese air raider shot down by Chinese, plummets aflame into river in one of the most spectacular scenes ever recorded. |
| 11/11/1937 |
SENSATIONAL FILMS OF THE FALL OF SHANGHAI! China stronghold taken by invaders as News of the Day camera staff, headed by famous H. S. (Newsreel) Wong, records amazing scenes of carnage in probably the most remarkable picture of war at close range yet made. LAST STAND OF CHINA'S SUICIDE BATTALION! Desperate hand to hand fighting filmed by cameramen less than 100 yards away as Japanese storm warehouse to dislodge Chinese holding up advance into Shanghai. VAST AREAS IN FLAME! CITY IN RING OF FIRE! Spectacular scenes of the burning of Chapei as Japan's guns and bombs complete destruction of native city and finally smash defense while thousands of natives swarm into settlement. |
| 11/11/1937 |
Cuts and Outs. SENSATIONAL FILMS OF THE FALL OF SHANGHAI! LAST STAND OF CHINA'S SUICIDE BATTALION! VAST AREAS IN FLAME! CITY IN RING OF FIRE! |
| 05/25/1938 |
FIRST FILMS OF CHINA'S DESPERATE FIGHT TO HALT JAPANESE STEAMER! Photographed by famous "Newsreel" Wong for News of the Day on the Soochow front! Remarkable scenes as Chiang Kai-shek's "suicide squads" brave death to hold back invaders! |
| 05/25/1938 |
Cuts and Outs. FIRST FILMS OF CHINA'S DESPERATE FIGHT TO HALT JAPANESE STEAMER! Photographed by famous "Newsreel" Wong for News of the Day on the Soochow front! Remarkable scenes as Chiang Kai-shek's "suicide squads" brave death to hold back invaders. |
| 10/24/1938 |
CHINA'S FIRST LADY URGES NATION ON! In a Hankow about to fall, Madame Chiang Kai-shek visits wounded - supervises exodus of mothers and babes - inspires recruits to make last stand. |
| 03/18/1939 |
JAPANESE WAR, Manchukuo. |
| 07/31/1939 |
NORTH CHINA GUERRILLA WARFARE RAGES! Nipponese invaders run into trouble in Shansi hills as they storm mountain strongholds in clean-up drive. |
| 07/17/1940 |
WAR NEWS FROM THE FAR EAST! Timely pictures of Burma Road - China's lifeline of supply - now closed by British under Japanese pressure. At Chungking, dauntless Chiang Kai-shek builds new army and air force to carry on conflict. |
