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This clip is Part 1 of a 3-part film.

ARRIVALS OF CEASE-FIRE DELEGATES IN PEIPING Part 1

Description

Summary: MS, CU, Mr Walter C Robertson, US charge d'affaires in Chungking, General Yeh Chein-ying of the Chinese Communist Army and Major General Chan Kai-ming, Minister of Operations of the National Government, leave plane and are greeted by officials. CHINESE NEW SIXTH ARMY EN ROUTE TO MANCHURIA.: Shanghai, China: 01/17/1946: VS, Chinese troops being dusted with DDT powder by American crews of LST. VS, Chinese troops arriving at the pier and waiting to board LST. Troops marching along pier and walking up gangway to board transports. U S MARINES AT TIENTSIN, CHINA.: Tientsin, China: 10/01/1945: Pan shot of wildly cheering Chinese. American and Chinese flags at railroad station. MS, three marines taking pictures of crowd with miniature cameras. Pan, LSM moving slowly up the Hai Ho river. MS, LSM moves into pier as crowd watches. MS, two marines speaking to a group of Chinese girls. MS, civilians on pier-talking to marines on the docked LSM. VS, Chinese having their Japanese notes exchanged for American dollars by marines on the LSM. MCU, people holding paper money. Head-on, LSM moving slowly into pier on the river. MS, Major General De Witt Peck of the First Marine Division on his arrival at Tientsin. CU, Gen Peck talking to Marine officers.

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Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities

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1946-01-16
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