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Madame Chiang Kai-Shek Speech At Hollywood Bowl

Reel Number: 220973-06

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1943

Country: USA

Location: CA,Los Angeles

TC Begins: 10:19:26

TC Ends: 10:29:48

Duration: 00:10:22

Madame Chiang Kai-Shek Speech At Hollywood Bowl US Marine unit w/ rifles march through garden to music; followed by Army officers. Army/Navy/AF Band performs in Hollywood Bowl? band shell. Navy chorus sings “...we will send the Axis to Davy Jones”. Army troops stand to attention under US and Chinese? flags w/ rifles. 10:21:07: White open-top limo w/ Madame Chiang Kai-Shek waving pulls up w/ guards on foot last stop on US tour; Madame escorted from car. Bandstand fills w/ Chinese people in vars costumes and children w/ flowers; Walter Huston narrates sugary potted history of 20th C. China as band plays. 10:22:56: Madame Chiang escorted to podium; makes speech w/ anti-Japanese comments; mentions Pearl Harbor, Liuchow Incident, Chinese resilience in face of war; CU praises Roosevelt, “...enable America to become the arsenal of democracy...”; pauses for applause. ‘Mutual’ radio network mic on podium. Band and crowds stand to applaud as Madame leaves podium. WWII. International relations. Diplomacy. Women at war.

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