News on Screen

Series

Series Name

The March of Time 3rd Year

Issue

Issue No.

4

Date Released

1937

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. War in China
• 2. Maine’s Passamaquoddy

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 2

Summary

Fielding synopsis: "Included were exclusive shots of the Japanese bombing of the Cathay Hotel and the Chinese native quarter, and the explosion of the ship Augusta... Reenactments made in New York City and reported in the dope sheets included a scene of the British ambassador to China being removed from a car by his aides after being wounded by Japanese aerial gunfire; dead Japanese soldiers (photographed in the Commonwealth Garrage in New York); Japanese pilots looking out of their aircraft at the carnage below (photographed at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey); and a reenactment of a Chinese woman, lying dead amidst debris in Shanghai, with dust flying ("to give the impression of nearby shelling")."

Researcher Comments

This story was included in Vol.4 No.1 of the US edition.

Keywords

Occupied territories; War crimes; War and conflict

Written sources

Fielding, Raymond. The March of Time 1935-1951 (New York, 1978)   p177. Used for synopsis

Credits:

Camera

Harrison Forman

Production Co.

Time Inc.