Saturday, April 26, 2025

Long Ago And Far Away

 

Here's a look at China (specifically Hong Kong and Shanghai) sometime in the 1930's (likely well before the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War in July 1937).  The colorized and sound-added film is focused on the various ways human energy is involved in transport, fishing, and other endeavors.  At the very end is a brief view of an circa WWI American warship, presumably anchored near Shanghai.

2 comments:

  1. The Japanese started working to destabilize China long before the war "began".

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  2. Understood, starting with the 1931 invasion of Manchuria.

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