51294 1946 HOME MOVIES SHOT BY AMERICAN AIRMAN SHANGHAI & BEIJING REPUBLIC OF CHINA GUAM
Shot by an American military officer, this 16mm silent home movie shows images of the Republic of China (approx. September 1945-1949) in Shaoxing, Shanghai, an unidentified Taiwanese town, a flyby of Beijing and the Great Wall of China, as well as the U.S. Air Force bases in Guam, in Shanghai Jiangwan, Inarajam in Guam, and an unidentified R&R location and airbase (identifiable only by U.S. VRE-1 Air Evacuation Squadron signs). Footage includes one aircraft C-4 airframe 90408 (which would later be destroyed during the Biafran Airlift in Uli, Biafra) and captured L1N1/Ki34 Japanese aircraft reused by the Army of the Republic of China.<p><p>1:34 Taipei airbase, Taiwan. Damaged and destroyed airplanes bearing Republic of China insignias and U.S. transport planes, Taiwanese and Japanese men and children <p>1:36 Plowing a field with a water buffalo<p>1:50-3:30 Inarajam, Guam<p>2:39 Saint Joseph's Church, Inarajam, Guam<p>3:30 An airbase with a C-54 airframe 56512 (could not be found)<p>3:56 C-54 (C-54A-DO or DC-4) airframe 90408, built 15/04/1943, flew American Airlines after the war, then leased or sold to Air France under airframe number F-BELH, destroyed in Uli, Biafra<p>4:32 continued shots of the refueling trucks, hangars, personnel barracks<p>4:33 Group of girls running on the road from the airbase<p>4:40 Locals, cleaning a road<p>4:46 Mixed Japanese-style architecture, likely - Taiwan, Various shops: Life-saving Tonic <p>?????? Luhua Co., Ltd. <p>???????? Shanghai Lihua Co., Ltd. <p>???? Sanyou paint <p>???? National cosmetics<p>???? Shengtao cosmetics <p>????O?? Daxihuayang Something Sales Co. <p>?? ?? ?? Diamonds, red gold, foreign gold <p>5:42 Aerial views of agricultural fields Taiwan<p>5:51-6:05 in the cockpit of a DC-5<p>6:05 In the hold US GIs are sleeping among piles of equipment<p>6:20 Smoking a cigar to combat air sickness<p>6:48 Aerial view of either condos or some sort of defensive buildings on a mountain ridge6:52 Buying ROC and British flags from the children.<p>7:01 Skies over the airbase<p>7:30 Badly exposed footage of the beach <p>8:01-8:41 Some more underexposed footage of airplanes on landing approach<p>8:42 C-54 airframe 56512 (could not be found)<p>8:49 Captured Nakajima L1N1 Night Transports (also known as Ki-34,Yu-97) or postwar Republic of China licensed copies<p>9:04 Takeoff <p>9:17 Flyover the Summer Palace in Beijing<p>9:21 Flyover of Imperial palaces in Beijing<p>9:24-9:45 Flyover of Great Wall of China<p>9:46 City of Shaoxing, near Shanghai. Sampans boats.9:56 Girls with ROC Scouts armbands<p>9:59 Boat peoples' sampans with ROC flags<p>10:26 More scenes of Shaoxing<p>10:54 Demobilized japanese soldiers in uniforms<p>11:07 The U.S. flight crew goes into an official ROC army building<p>11:29 Little kid<p>11:54 Republic of China-era Shanghai<p>12:17 Baseball field <p>12:23 Political ad, celebrating the victory against Japan, supporting the supreme leader, etc.<p>12:31 Ad, using Chiang Kai Shek and the Allies image: Invincible justice – Invincible butterfly toothpaste! <p>12:39 A buffalo herd in Shanghai<p>12:45 Nissin corporation ad and shirts advertisement on a tram number 11<p>12:51 Dahua, Huada brand or company truck<p>12:53 Kiangwan airbase – former Shanghai Jiangwan airport, entrance booth "This base is a saluting area"<p>12:58 Base speed 20mph<p>13:00 Takeoff from Shangai Kiangwan, empty Pudong district and the prominent high rise buildings of the Bund can be seen<p>13:08 Back at the Guam airbase<p>13:20 Guam airbase viewed from above <p>13:39 Inside the airplane hold<p>13:43 Street in Shanghai again, sign "Hollywood cleaning"<p>13:49 Chinese Industrial Bank<p>13:57 "Taiying Jingzhuang Japanese wine"<p>14:12 Trading companies, a photographer "Photo Juras" <p>14:19 Liquor store <p>14:56 Longhua Temple in Shanghai viewed from above, temple grounds and pagoda.<p>15:49 Longhua Matreya Buddha statue.<p>16:11 As the repairs are ongoing, Buddha's eyes are covered to avoid damaging them and also to avoid making the Buddha "angry" at the destruction.<p>16:30 American Army Air Forces crew taking photos in the temple garden, walking around.<p>17:26 Overexposed footage of a sunny tropical beach<p>19:23 a F4U-4 Corsair taking off<p>19:40 Parked C-46s<p>19:54 Parked DC-3 and C-46s<p>19:59 Air Evacuation Center<p>20:10 Headquarters VRE-1 <p>20:23 Personnel communications VRE-1 <p>20:29 "Cash Recreation", base buildings, barracks, gas station ("Jeep Joint")<p>21:00 More beach footage. Shot of a screen for a movie theater. American women at the beach in bikini swimsuits. <p>21:39 A sunken ship at harbor entrance<p>22:10 Naval Air Transport Service Supply barrack.The End.<p><p><p>This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com