China in the Fight Issues 1 2 3

Special issue number 1. 1938 China. Military school cadets in physical training classes, in field exercises. A rally dedicated to sending military school graduates to the front; Divisional General Yang Te-Liang speaks. Festival of Nationalities of Xinjiang Province in Urumqi; carnival procession of the participants of the holiday; Governor of Xinjiang Province Shen Shih-tsai speaks to the delegates to the congress. Military parade of soldiers of the People's Army of China with the participation of infantry, cavalry and mechanized troops. Special issue number 2. 1939 China. Operator RL Carmen with a movie camera near a burning building. Explosions in the city. A woman with children is hiding from the bombing. Burning and destroyed buildings. Nanyo City in Hunan Province. Children among the piled-up things. Refugees are walking along the road. Departing refugees at the pier. Boats with refugees on the Yangtze River. View of one of the cities located behind the front line. Rickshaws, cars on a city street. Demonstration of protest against Japanese aggression. Women sew clothes for Chinese fighters. Combat actions of the Chinese infantry on the battlefield. Japanese prisoners of war are on the road. The prisoners are being escorted for interrogation. Interrogation of the prisoner. A rally of Chinese fighters before being sent to the front. Special issue No. 3. 1939 China. Refugees on the streets of Gulin, Guangxi Province. Young woman in the ashes. Explosions on the banks of the river. Refugees are hiding under a rock. Refugees in a train carriage. The population is dismantling the railway, blocking the way for the Japanese troops. Ruined bridge over the river. Ruined highway. Partisans rally. Soldiers at a halt in the village. The peasants are treating the soldiers to dinner. Concert of the participants of the propaganda team; a scene from the play "All to Fight the Japanese". Exhibition of works by young artists. Rice fields. Irrigation installations. Soldiers of the People's Army of China are setting guns in position. Infantry offensive. Explosions on the battlefield. Captured Japanese weapons. A rally of Chinese fighters; the commander is speaking.

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