Civilian Victims of Military Brutality Reel 1 · Part 1

Description

This moving image contains footage on Japanese atrocities in China. Reel 1 shows refugees, mostly women and children, in a hospital, describes the origin and nature of their wounds. Japanese troops parade through a Chinese town, and run through an obstacle course. Also shown are Chinese corpses, flaming villages, and rubble. In reel 2, Chinese refugees arrive at a rest camp, are fingerprinted, issued clothing, and fed and then attend a camp meeting and trudge toward another camp. Captured footage: Small Japanese tanks move along a road and Japanese air raids on Nanking in 1937 are shown with sections of the city ablaze. Japanese troops patrolling in the city, and Chinese civilians being marched away.

Collection

National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized

Series

Motion Picture Films From G-2 Army Military Intelligence Division