“ THIS IS CHINA “ 1937 DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT JAPANESE INVASION OF CHINA YANGTZE VALLEY XD13534

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This black & white educational film is about life in China, the Japanese invasion of China, and Chinese Nationalist efforts to defend itself against the Japanese aggression. This film was made in 1937 as part of an effort to raise awareness in the then-neutral USA about Japanese intentions in the Far East . Opening titles: Guaranteed Pictures presents THIS IS CHINA (:07-:48). A map of China. 450 Million people. Yangtze Kiang River leads to the China Sea. Yangtze Valley, boat on the river. River houses on the sides of the river. Children. Girls of Yangtze. Children eat. Missions take in the girls until they are old enough to marry. Soil is rich. Oxen nearby as peasants work near the water. A poor Chinese village. A woman works. A man named Wong holds tools. A man smokes. He sits with his wife and children and they eat rich. His daughter has rice a