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China Shall Have Our Help R1 of 2, Pt. 1 of 2

Reel Number: 221506-01

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1941

Country: China,USA

Location: New York City,NYC

TC Begins: 00:00:02

TC Ends: 00:08:50

Duration: 00:08:48

China Shall Have Our Help R1 of 2, Pt. 1 of 2 Presented by United China Relief Incorporated 00:00:30 Title: 1941; Milestones of Sino-American friendship. Nationalist China & USA flag flying 00:00:52 William C. Bulitt (sic) Bullitt standing at microphones. 00:01:10 Headline Willkie Appeals for Arms & Relief For China. Wendell L. Willkie speaking at fornal black tie dinner, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, for support of Chinese. Overhead of dining room w/ waiters serving. 00:01:45 Still photo CU of ?? 00:02:06 Henry R. Luce speaking at mics. MS. 00:02:34 Clara Boothe speaking at mics in MCU. 00:02:59 Amb. Hu Shih speaks at mics in MCU. C 00:03:23 Pretty Chinese woman on New York City sidewalk in front of corner store collecting money for relief. Parade w/ US Army marching, young women in white skirts & blazers carrying US flag; Chinese marching unit w/ flags & picture of Chiang Kai Shek. Reviewing stand w/ Willkie & others above & behind Girl Scouts. Dragon unit in parade; crowd & newsreel cameraman on top of car. 00:04:11 Willkie, Gov.. Lehman & Tsune Chi Yu, Consul General of Republic of China speaking at lectern among crowd on sidewalk. 00:04:41 Arrival of junk “Amoy’ in NYC from China docked w/ banners. 00:05:01 Headline w/ picture: Hollywood Kids Aid China. Donation checks stacked in MCU from Robert Riskin, Bette Davis, Victor Saville, & unid. 00:05:45 Women folding & stacking bandages around table. Sheet music & stills of entertainers, LaGuardia, Eleanor Roosevelt. Newspapers in English & Chinese. Titles. 00:06:46 CU title: Why? Man turning pages of Chinese character, etching, etc. Map of US, Pacific Ocean & China w/ connecting dotted line, 3 months. 00:08:09 1792 beginning of trade w/ China. 3-masted tall ship “Yankee Clippers” under full sail. US flag dropped from pole & unfurled. Tall ship arriving in Chinese port, another docked. Two Europeans talking w/ Chinese sage in robes. Continued... History; Oriental; Shipping; Transportation; Pre-WWII; Sino-Japanese War; Conflicts; Propaganda; NOTE: 00:00:02 - 00:16:25 (two cards) sold at per reel rate.

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