Mission To Yenan (Jul44) Pt. 2 of 3
US & others applaud outdoor Chinese Opera performance done by guerrilla fighters which depicted conversion of people to the Communist rebels’ cause.
14:12:38 Pan over lush vegetable garden or farm; US & Chinese inspecting spinning, dying & other manufacturing. Children’s choir sing. CU of kids. Kids spinning silk (?). Military training shown w/ obstacle course demonstration. Gymnastics & training w/ weapons.
14:15:07 Outdoor stage w/ canvas backdrop & flags above; audience sitting on ground.
14:15:51 Gen. Stilwell (?) on rifle range. Others w/ machine guns, watching w/ binoculars. Demonstrating explosives.
14:18:14 American poses; Group in front of stone building w/ elaborate decorative arch. US man at radio; others at typewriters. Chinese in/out of gate: Kangzhan Rhbao.
14:19:16 Wall w/ posters of drawings of various people’s pictures including Stalin, etc. Artist working in front. US out of their HQ.
14:19:47 Posing from R-L David D. Barrett, Mao, Patrick Jay Hurley, ?, Zhou Enlai, ? Gen. Hurley walking w/ Mao & ??, followed by Barrett & others. Posing. Shaking hands w/ Mao.
WWII, China; Chinese Communists; Dixie Mission; Diplomatic Relations; 1940s; 1944; WW2;
Mission To Yenan (Jul44) Pt. 2 of 3 US & others applaud outdoor Chinese Opera performance done by guerrilla fighters which depicted conversion of people to the Communist rebels’ cause. 14:12:38 Pan over lush vegetable garden or farm; US & Chinese inspecting spinning, dying & other manufacturing. Children’s choir sing. CU of kids. Kids spinning silk (?). Military training shown w/ obstacle course demonstration. Gymnastics & training w/ weapons. 14:15:07 Outdoor stage w/ canvas backdrop & flags above; audience sitting on ground. 14:15:51 Gen. Stilwell (?) on rifle range. Others w/ machine guns, watching w/ binoculars. Demonstrating explosives. 14:18:14 American poses; Group in front of stone building w/ elaborate decorative arch. US man at radio; others at typewriters. Chinese in/out of gate: Kangzhan Rhbao. 14:19:16 Wall w/ posters of drawings of various people’s pictures including Stalin, etc. Artist working in front. US out of their HQ. 14:19:47 Posing from R-L David D. Barrett, Mao, Patrick Jay Hurley, ?, Zhou Enlai, ? Gen. Hurley walking w/ Mao & ??, followed by Barrett & others. Posing. Shaking hands w/ Mao. WWII, China; Chinese Communists; Dixie Mission; Diplomatic Relations; 1940s; 1944; WW2;