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Here Is China R2 of 3

Reel Number: 221583-06

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1940s

Country: China

Location: Chungking,Shanghai

TC Begins: 11:50:37

TC Ends: 11:58:01

Duration: 00:07:24

Here Is China R2 of 3 Continued... Riverbank city Chungking w/ houses on stilts seen from boat on Yangtze river, temporary capital of China in 1938 after fall of Nanking. People carried up many steps by men w/ poles; carrying goods & loading riverboats. Men rowing boat down Yangtze, thru gorges; scenic views. Boatmen moving / guiding boats w/ long rowing poles on sides. View of oarsmen from on board; CU feet. 11:52:32 Rowing against stiff current, view on board. Crew wades ashore; pulls boat w/ ropes. View from shore of many men pulling ropes. GOOD. 11:53:44 Sailboat w/ ornate sail in calm water. Fast rapids & waterfall w/ arched bridge over river upstream. Woman washing clothes. 11:54:16 Men w/ two water buffalo fighting in river shallows, people watching. CUs. Winning bull paraded. 11:54:55 Dragon boat w/ many men rowing. View on board; men drumming. Spectators on shore & sampans. Racing under bridge. 11:55:58 Aerial over enormous rural flood. View from river in town & people rowing boats, pulling rickshaws. Woman rescue from brush. Rescued out of boat; crowd up riverbank. 11:56:44 Crowded narrow muddy street w/ bicycles, rickshaws, pedestrians. City w/ double-decker electric tram, trucks, rickshaws. Traffic police, cars, billboard. 11:57:08 Ext. factory, interior textile spinning machines w/ woman working. Men manufacturing light bulbs, textiles manufacturing machines, looms. 11:57:29 Shanghai Bund from rooftop & harbor. Bridges, street scenes. Surveyors, men cranking bridge, small train towards camera. Continued... Travelogue; 1940s; Sino-Japanese War Outbreak; Poverty; Primitive; Chinese Daily Life; Manual Labor; Strength; Poverty; WWII; Recreation; Sport; WW2;

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