https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/db731e4a-5bb6-4f8a-9e84-952a2ca71755 Love our channel? Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. 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. 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 1:36 Plowing a field with a water buffalo 1:50-3:30 Inarajam, Guam 2:39 Saint Joseph's Church, Inarajam, Guam 3:30 An airbase with a C-54 airframe 56512 (could not be found) 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 4:32 continued shots of the refueling trucks, hangars, personnel barracks 4:33 Group of girls running on the road from the airbase 4:40 Locals, cleaning a road 4:46 Mixed Japanese-style architecture, likely - Taiwan, Various shops: Life-saving Tonic 鹿華有限公司 Luhua Co., Ltd. 上海麗華有限公司 Shanghai Lihua Co., Ltd. 三友漆號 Sanyou paint 各國顏料 National cosmetics 生濤顏料 Shengtao cosmetics 大西華洋O貨號 Daxihuayang Something Sales Co. 鑽石 赤金 洋金 Diamonds, red gold, foreign gold 5:42 Aerial views of agricultural fields Taiwan 5:51-6:05 in the cockpit of a DC-5 6:05 In the hold US GIs are sleeping among piles of equipment 6:20 Smoking a cigar to combat air sickness 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. 7:01 Skies over the airbase 7:30 Badly exposed footage of the beach 8:01-8:41 Some more underexposed footage of airplanes on landing approach 8:42 C-54 airframe 56512 (could not be found) 8:49 Captured Nakajima L1N1 Night Transports (also known as Ki-34,Yu-97) or postwar Republic of China licensed copies 9:04 Takeoff 9:17 Flyover the Summer Palace in Beijing 9:21 Flyover of Imperial palaces in Beijing 9:24-9:45 Flyover of Great Wall of China 9:46 City of Shaoxing, near Shanghai. Sampans boats.9:56 Girls with ROC Scouts armbands 9:59 Boat peoples' sampans with ROC flags 10:26 More scenes of Shaoxing 10:54 Demobilized japanese soldiers in uniforms 11:07 The U.S. flight crew goes into an official ROC army building 11:29 Little kid 11:54 Republic of China-era Shanghai 12:17 Baseball field 12:23 Political ad, celebrating the victory against Japan, supporting the supreme leader, etc. 12:31 Ad, using Chiang Kai Shek : Invincible justice – Invincible butterfly toothpaste!  12:39 A buffalo herd 12:45 Tram number 11 12:51 Dahua, Huada brand or company truck 12:53 Kiangwan airbase / Shanghai Jiangwan airport 12:58 Base speed 20mph 13:00 Takeoff from Shangai Kiangwan, empty Pudong district and the prominent high rise buildings of the Bund can be seen 13:08 Back at the Guam airbase 13:20 Guam airbase viewed from above 13:39 Inside the airplane hold 13:43 Street in Shanghai again, sign "Hollywood cleaning" 13:49 Chinese Industrial Bank 13:57 "Taiying Jingzhuang Japanese wine" 14:12 Trading companies, a photographer "Photo Juras" 14:19 Liquor store 14:56 Longhua Temple in Shanghai viewed from above, temple grounds and pagoda. 15:49 Longhua Matreya Buddha statue. 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. 16:30 American Army Air Forces crew taking photos in the temple garden, walking around. 17:26 Overexposed footage of a sunny tropical beach 19:23 a F4U-4 Corsair taking off 19:40 Parked C-46s 19:54 Parked DC-3 and C-46s 19:59 Air Evacuation Center 20:10 Headquarters VRE-1  20:23 Personnel communications VRE-1  20:29 "Cash Recreation", base buildings, barracks, gas station ("Jeep Joint") 21:00 More beach footage. Shot of a screen for a movie theater. American women at the beach in bikini swimsuits. 21:39 A sunken ship at harbor entrance 22:10 Naval Air Transport Service Supply barrack.The End. Light Awash by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100175 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. 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