Lake Agassiz map
subject: Lantern slides
subject: Maps
subject: Glacial lakes
subject: Agassiz, Lake
description: Black and white lantern slide copy of a map of Lake Agassiz, large glacial lake in central North America during the last glacial period.
creator: Merrill, Robert H., 1881-1955
source: Robert H. Merrill papers (RHC-222)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: circa 1937
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Image

South Dakota. Gorge of Tensleep Crack Black Hills
subject: Black Hills National Forest (S.D. and Wyo.)
description: Black and white lantern slide of an automobile parked along a roadway with the Black Hills of South Dakota in the background.
creator: Merrill, Robert H., 1881-1955
source: Robert H. Merrill papers (RHC-222)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1937-08-04
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Image

South Dakota. The Needles Black Hills
subject: Lantern slides
subject: Badlands (S.D. and Neb.)
description: Black and white lantern slide of the Needles rock formations in the Badlands of South Dakota.
creator: Merrill, Robert H., 1881-1955
source: Robert H. Merrill papers (RHC-222)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1937-08-03
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Image

South Dakota. Rushmore Stone Faces
subject: Lantern slides
subject: Badlands (S.D. and Neb.)
subject: Mount Rushmore National Memorial (S.D.)
description: Black and white lantern slide of two people sitting on a rock ledge and looking up at two carved busts of Mt. Rushmore.
creator: Merrill, Robert H., 1881-1955
source: Robert H. Merrill papers (RHC-222)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1937-08-03
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Image

South Dakota. Looking down at Bad Lands
subject: Lantern slides
subject: Badlands (S.D. and Neb.)
description: Black and white lantern slide of three women leaning against a wire railing next to an automobile on an overlook in the South Dakota Badlands.
creator: Merrill, Robert H., 1881-1955
source: Robert H. Merrill papers (RHC-222)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1937-08-03
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Image

South Dakota. First view of Bad Lands
subject: Lantern slides
subject: Badlands (S.D. and Neb.)
description: Black and white lantern slide of two women and one boy standing next to a road in the South Dakota Badlands, with an automobile parked nearby.
creator: Merrill, Robert H., 1881-1955
source: Robert H. Merrill papers (RHC-222)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1937-08-03
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Image

Italy. Pompeii room interior decoration
subject: Lantern slides
subject: Pompeii (Extinct city)
subject: Ruins
description: Black and white lantern slide of a room interior decorated with murals and paintins in Pompeii. Serie Artistica No. 113494
creator: Merrill, Robert H., 1881-1955
source: Robert H. Merrill papers (RHC-222)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: circa 1937
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Image

Italy. Pompeii Apollo python, Agamemnon Artemis
subject: Lantern slides
subject: Pompeii (Extinct city)
subject: Ruins
description: Black and white lantern slide close up view of an artistic depiction of Apollo wrapped in a python with Agamemnon and Artemis from Pompeii. Serie Artistica No. 12143
creator: Merrill, Robert H., 1881-1955
source: Robert H. Merrill papers (RHC-222)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: circa 1937
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Image

Italy. Pompeii cupids chariot racing
subject: Lantern slides
subject: Pompeii (Extinct city)
subject: Ruins
description: Black and white lanter slide close up view of an artistic depiction of a chariot race between several people with wings in Pompeii. Serie Artistica No. 12141
creator: Merrill, Robert H., 1881-1955
source: Robert H. Merrill papers (RHC-222)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: circa 1937
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Image

Italy. Pompeii cupids silversmiths
subject: Lantern slides
subject: Pompeii (Extinct city)
subject: Ruins
description: Black and white lantern slide close up view of an artistic depiction of winged silversmiths in Pompeii. Serie Artistica No. 11980
creator: Merrill, Robert H., 1881-1955
source: Robert H. Merrill papers (RHC-222)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: circa 1937
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Image

Italy. Pompeii redecorated room
subject: Lantern slides
subject: Pompeii (Extinct city)
subject: Ruins
description: Black and white lantern slide (dark) of a decorated interior room in a house in Pompeii. Serie Artistica No. 12138
creator: Merrill, Robert H., 1881-1955
source: Robert H. Merrill papers (RHC-222)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: circa 1937
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Image

Italy. Pompeii sink plumbing
subject: Lantern slides
subject: Pompeii (Extinct city)
subject: Ruins
description: Black and white lantern slide of ancient Roman plumbing in Pompeii. Serie Artistica No. 19185
creator: Merrill, Robert H., 1881-1955
source: Robert H. Merrill papers (RHC-222)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: circa 1937
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Image

Bangkok and Taiwan, 1947
subject: China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group
subject: World War, 1939-1945
subject: Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958
description: Film in black and white and color taken by Chinese Air Force Interpreter P.Y. Shu (no sound). The footage was recorded by Shu as he traveled with Col. Claire Chennault to aid the Chinese Air Force in training and establishing the American Volunteer Group (AVG). The footage documents Shu's travel and family as well as Chennault's and the AVG's activities during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Time-stamped scene list: 00:00 (black and white film) Views of houses and villages from a moving boat. Chennault and wife on boat with other passengers. River traffic. 01:15 Temples and city from boat. Passengers disembark. City views in Burma from moving car. Temples and sightseeing. 03:50 Snake handlers with cobras. 04:18 Chennault with his wife, Anna, and baby in a park. Chennault's children(?) playing on spinning toy. 04:54 Chennault, P.Y. Shu and the others sightseeing in a city. Aerial shot of a city. More sight-seeing scenery. 05:18 Aerial view of a city. Chennault and other Westerners with a cargo plane, then boarding a bus. Sightseeing tour of ancient temples. 07:30 (black and white film) Ancient temple. 08:08 Baby jaguar on leash. 08:17 Swimming in a pool, playing tennis. Baby elephant. 09:27 Temple sightseeing. 11:22 (color film) Temple sightseeing, monks, giant statue of Buddha. City sights, monument. 12:20 Man with monkeys. Building with large tower. Dog. 13:20 P.Y. Shu's wife with dog and in a park. 14:20 Cabins, a model cabin and truck. Shu family.
creator: P.Y. Shu
source: Fei Hu Films research and production files (RHC-88)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1947
contributor: Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958
rights: In Copyright
format: video/mp25
language: eng
language: chi
type: Moving Image
coverage: World War II

China and Chennault Post War, 1942-1947
subject: China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group
subject: World War, 1939-1945
subject: Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958
subject: Wang, Shuming
description: Film in black and white and color taken by Chinese Air Force Interpreter P.Y. Shu (no sound). The footage was recorded by Shu as he traveled with Col. Claire Chennault to aid the Chinese Air Force in training and establishing the American Volunteer Group (AVG). The footage documents Shu's travel and family as well as Chennault's and the AVG's activities during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Time-stamped scene list: 00:00 (color film) Group picture of Chinese officers. Chinese soldiers on airfield. "Tiger" Wang Shuming comes out of a Chinese bomber plane. 00:50 Chinese city street scene. 00:59 Procession of towns people bringing cows, flowers and drinks for a celebration to an Army base. Chennault greets town's people. 01:26 A ceremony. American soldiers receive medals by Chinese personnel. Chennault and the other soldiers receive flowers. People leave the ceremony. 03:30 People at a lunch table. A soldier at an airfield. Chennault and Chinese officers in front of a cargo plane. 04:13 (black and white film) Chennault with town's people at a model plane competition. 04:33 (color film) Memorial tower. A small water aircraft painted "CAT" on the side. 06:08 Canton after war. Chennault in a suit walks on a street with his wife and other Chinese people. 07:29 Civil Air Transport (CAT) cargo plane. Chennault and his wife in front of the plane. 07:52 (black and white film) Chennault and an American woman toss cards to a bowl. Chennault, P. Y. Shu and American women in a yard. 08:41 (color film) Chennault and women in yard. 09:16 Chinese couples and children in front of Chinese plane. Chennault talks with Chinese soldiers. 10:40 A port town. A marching band and American Army march through the city. 11:10 Chennault gives speech in front of the American personnel. Cemetery with decorated graves. 11:54 P.Y. Shu and his wife in a park. 12:25 Chinese woman reading in a fur coat. A Western man and Chinese woman. 12:49 Chennault smoking in a chair next to his wife, Anna. The Chennau…
creator: P.Y. Shu
source: Fei Hu Films research and production files (RHC-88)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1942
contributor: Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958
rights: In Copyright
format: video/mp24
language: eng
language: chi
type: Moving Image
coverage: World War II

Chinese Air Force Cadet School, circa 1942
subject: China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group
subject: World War, 1939-1945
subject: Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958
description: Black and white film taken by Chinese Air Force Interpreter P.Y. Shu (no sound). The footage was recorded by Shu as he traveled with Col. Claire Chennault to aid the Chinese Air Force in training and establishing the American Volunteer Group (AVG). The footage documents Shu's travel and family as well as Chennault's and the AVG's activities during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Time-stamped scene list: 00:00 Sports festival at CAF cadet school. 02:21 Graduation ceremony of the cadet school. Chennault in US uniform. 03:25 Busy market in a small village. Smoke rises in the sky from a distant city. 04:42 American performs gymnastics on horizontal bar and parallel bars. 05:38 Chicken with eggs. Doves. Row boat. 07:29 Model airplane. Chinese newspaper headlines. 08:37 Chinese soldiers in front of a movie theatre. Officers leave the theatre. 09:28 Gov. Lung Yin, Chinese officers and American soldiers at airfield. 10:10 Chennault shakes hand with Chinese personnel. The person leaves by plane. Officers see off the plane. 11:29 Shu family affairs. Loading luggage on rowboats. Women with babies. Weavers using looms.
creator: P.Y. Shu
source: Fei Hu Films research and production files (RHC-88)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1942
contributor: Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958
rights: In Copyright
format: video/mp23
language: eng
language: chi
type: Moving Image
coverage: World War II

Chennault Decorated, 1942-1943
subject: China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group
subject: World War, 1939-1945
subject: Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958
subject: Wang, Shuming
description: Color film taken by Chinese Air Force Interpreter P.Y. Shu (no sound). The footage was recorded by Shu as he traveled with Col. Claire Chennault to aid the Chinese Air Force in training and establishing the American Volunteer Group (AVG). The footage documents Shu's travel and family as well as Chennault's and the AVG's activities during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Time-stamped scene list: 00:00 Shu family affairs. Woman and child. 00:29 "Tiger" Wang Shuming talking with man and group of women and children. 00:47 Wang walks in front of saluting Chinese soldiers. 00:57 Family affairs and recreation. 01:48 Visit to pagoda. 2:00 Twin-engine planes in the sky. Mountains in Kweilin. American soldiers inspect a place. Chinese mark on AVG jacket. 02:37 Aerial shot clouds. Tiger Wang and others (American and Chinese officers) stand around an American planes. 03:46 (black and white film) Family affairs. Aerial shot of mountains and river. 04:54 Hap Arnold, Bissell, Chennault and the other American officers stand by an American cargo airplane. 05:25 "Tiger" Wang Shuming with his wife and son. Chinese dragon dance. 06:28 Wang and others see off American officers at an airport. A cargo plane takes off. 07:34 Chennault gets out of a car. American soldiers at an airfield. A succession ceremony (?) 08:26 General Joseph Stillwell talks to Chennault. Stillwell, Chennault and American soldiers at an ceremony. 08:56 Chennault receives a medal from Stillwell. 09:19 Shu family affairs. Mrs. Shu and daughter in P.Y. Shu's war time house in Chunking. 09:45 Ground crews work on a plane. Chennault and American soldiers in front of a building. 10:20 An American training plane. P-40s lined up on ground. 10:39 Chinese officers walk in front of soldiers. Chennault among the crowd. 10:56 White smoke rises into the sky. Chennault and Chinese officers at an airfield. P-40s take off. American plane, P-40 in the sky. 11:35 Chennault and other officers walk on an airfield.
creator: P.Y. Shu
source: Fei Hu Films research and production files (RHC-88)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1942/1943
contributor: Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958
rights: In Copyright
format: video/mp22
language: eng
language: chi
type: Moving Image
coverage: World War II

India, 1942-1943
subject: China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group
subject: World War, 1939-1945
subject: Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958
subject: Wang, Shuming
description: Film in black and white and color taken by Chinese Air Force Interpreter P.Y. Shu (no sound). The footage was recorded by Shu as he traveled with Col. Claire Chennault to aid the Chinese Air Force in training and establishing the American Volunteer Group (AVG). The footage documents Shu's travel and family as well as Chennault's and the AVG's activities during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Time-stamped scene list: 00:00 (black and white film) Aerial shot of clouds. Grou pof Westerners in a city in Burma (Myanmar). View of a city. 01:00 Chinese officers including "Tiger" Wang Shuming arrive at train station. Wang and three British (?) offiers walk along street. 01:28 A building and city in India. 01:37 Wang and British soldiers inspect an empty airfield. 02:05 Scenes of a city. The group visit a zoo. Animals in the zoo. People, street, buildings, parks and camels in a city of Burma. 05:30 (color film) City in Burma. People, street traffic, buildings, camels. 07:28 "Tiger" Wang and a British officer. Train station. More traffic, trolleys and buildings. More animals, including kagaroos, birds, deer, otters, zebra. 09:25 (black and white film) Aerial view. Clouds, river and field, nose of plane. 09:47 Twin-engine American planes land on an airfield. 10:14 Chennault and others in front of a cargo plane. Chennault talks to American officers by a biplane. American soldiers in front of a barrack. 10:42 Scene of a city of Burma. Camel carriage. Crowd on a street. Buildings and statues, garden. Lion in a cage. 12:18 Aerial view on flight to India. Temples, parks, city, dam, river in India.
creator: P.Y. Shu
source: Fei Hu Films research and production files (RHC-88)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1942/1943
contributor: Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958
rights: In Copyright
format: video/mp21
language: eng
language: chi
type: Moving Image
coverage: World War II

Visit of Chiang Kai-shek, 1941-1942
subject: China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group
subject: World War, 1939-1945
subject: Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958
subject: Wang, Shuming
subject: Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975
subject: Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003
description: Film in black and white and color taken by Chinese Air Force Interpreter P.Y. Shu (no sound). The footage was recorded by Shu as he traveled with Col. Claire Chennault to aid the Chinese Air Force in training and establishing the American Volunteer Group (AVG). The footage documents Shu's travel and family as well as Chennault's and the AVG's activities during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Time-stamped scene list: 00:00 (black and white film) Shu family affairs and recreation. Swimming at the river. Countryside and smoke over the treetops. Boys crossing a log bridge. 00:45 Chinese soldiers march in front of "Tiger" Wang Shuming. 00:55 Boy flying a model airplane. Red Cross bus driving toward camera. 01:40 Group of Chinese interpreters come out of a red cross bus and walk away. They eat lunch. 02:25 P-40 airplane moves on Kunming airfield. P-40 #84 on the ground. Closeup of shark face painted on the nose of the plane. 02:38 Chinese officers come out a Chinese passenger airplane on Kunming airfield. 03:15 AVG officers and staff in front of a building in Kunming. (left to right) Dr. Everett Bruce, C.E. Smith, Harvey Greenlaw, Chennault, Dr. Tom Gentry, Skip Adair, Dr. Sam Prevo, Ed Goyette, J. Hennessy, Paul Frillman, Dr. Joseph Lee, David Harris and John Williams. 03:44 Ground crews work on P-40, take off and put back on a propeller on Kunming airfield. 04:15 Chinese officers eat snacks at an airfield. "Tiger" Wang, Chennault, Lung Yin (governor of Yunnan province) and others come out of a building, walk to P-40s. P-40s in the sky over Kunming.04:53 Governor Lung Yin at an airfield. "Tiger" Wang among the crowd. 05:00 President Chiang Kai-shek at the Kunming airfield, shakes hand with Chinese officers, talks to "Tiger" Wang and Chennault. Madame CKS receives flowers. 05:42 P-40s in the sky over Kunming airfield. "Tiger" Wang, CKS, MCKS and Chennault at an airfield. CKS and MCKS leave by plane. 06:37 P-40 #42 takes off. American pilots and officers stand in front of a …
creator: P.Y. Shu
source: Fei Hu Films research and production files (RHC-88)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1941/1942
contributor: Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958
rights: In Copyright
format: video/mp20
language: eng
language: chi
type: Moving Image
coverage: World War II

Chinese Air Force Cadets, 1940
subject: China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group
subject: World War, 1939-1945
subject: Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958
subject: Wang, Shuming
description: Black and white film taken by Chinese Air Force Interpreter P.Y. Shu (no sound). The footage was recorded by Shu as he traveled with Col. Claire Chennault to aid the Chinese Air Force in training and establishing the American Volunteer Group (AVG). The footage documents Shu's travel and family as well as Chennault's and the AVG's activities during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Time-stamped scene list: 00:00 Shu family and others disembarking from boats onto shore, walking up hill to gathering. 01:40 Rowboats on water, oceanside cliffs. 01:59 Training planes on an airfield. 02:12 Group picture of Chinese officers including "Tiger" Wang Shuming. 02:40 Aerial shot of a city. 03:34 Shu family affairs. 03:56 Cadets at an airfield. Planes in the sky. 04:57 Destroyed building of cadet school. Cadets eat lunch by the destroyed building. 05:41 Cadets in a room of cadet hostel in Kunming. 06:00 Shu family affairs. Couple with children. Family sightseeing and filming portraits. 09:27 Family visit to the river. Rowboats on the river with family. 12:56 Family sitting on a porch. Children on playground equipment. 13:46 Family riding bicycles. 14:42 Outdoor play or street performance.
creator: P.Y. Shu
source: Fei Hu Films research and production files (RHC-88)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1940
contributor: Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958
rights: In Copyright
format: video/mp19
language: eng
language: chi
type: Moving Image
coverage: World War II

The 14th Air Force, 1939
subject: China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group
subject: World War, 1939-1945
subject: Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958
description: Black and white film taken by Chinese Air Force Interpreter P.Y. Shu (no sound). The footage was recorded by Shu as he traveled with Col. Claire Chennault to aid the Chinese Air Force in training and establishing the American Volunteer Group (AVG). The footage documents Shu's travel and family as well as Chennault's and the AVG's activities during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Time-stamped scene list: 00:00 Chinese officers and Chennault in front of a P-40. Chennault talks to American personnels. American air cargo plane. American officers on and around a twin-engine airplane. 02:12 Chennault, American ladies and others visit and leave a house. 03:07 Chinese children. A Chinese family. Basketball game.
creator: P.Y. Shu
source: Fei Hu Films research and production files (RHC-88)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1939
contributor: Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958
rights: In Copyright
format: video/mp18
language: eng
language: chi
type: Moving Image
coverage: World War II

Chinese Air Force Graduation, December 1938
subject: China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group
subject: World War, 1939-1945
subject: Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958
subject: Wang, Shuming
description: Black and white film taken by Chinese Air Force Interpreter P.Y. Shu (no sound). The footage was recorded by Shu as he traveled with Col. Claire Chennault to aid the Chinese Air Force in training and establishing the American Volunteer Group (AVG). The footage documents Shu's travel and family as well as Chennault's and the AVG's activities during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Time-stamped scene list: 00:00 Aerial shot of a city. Chinese flag and flagpole with carved words of Chinese cadet school. Building of the school. Inside of the building. Picture of President Chiang Kai-shek and other ornaments on the wall. 02:35 An old building. A person paints the wall. Buildings of the Kunming Air Cadet School. 03:20 Graduation ceremony in a hall. "Tiger" Wang Shuming and others come out of the hall. Crowd of cadets in front of the building. A group of Chinese officers and their wives walk on the campus. 04:29 Chennault sits next to General Lung Yin and with Billie McDonald. Basketball game. Officers and wives leave. 05:32 Chennault talks to General Chen and General Jiou, the chief of aeronautical commission. He sits with them. Rugby game. 06:20 Chinese children. P. Y. Shu and his son. 07:12 Welcome party for the American ambassador. A Chinese personnel gives speech. American ambassador gives speech. 08:19 Chennault smokes at a table in the party. Ambassador shakes hands with Chinese people. 09:15 Chennault sits next to Ambassador. Ambassador and Chinese people. (American councilman in the crowd.) 09:57 Soccer game. People leave after the game. 12:02 Volleyball game. Chinese cadets (including P.Y. Shu) in front of school. 13:02 Ambassador with Chennault and "Tiger" Wang visits and leaves the cadet school. 14:28 Chennault, an officer and "Tiger" Wang in front of a building. Chennault with Billie McDonald and Western officers.
creator: P.Y. Shu
source: Fei Hu Films research and production files (RHC-88)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1938
contributor: Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958
rights: In Copyright
format: video/mp17
language: eng
language: chi
type: Moving Image
coverage: World War II

Liechow, Hengyang, Chikiang, & Kunming, 1938
subject: China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group
subject: World War, 1939-1945
subject: Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958
description: Black and white film taken by Chinese Air Force Interpreter P.Y. Shu (no sound). The footage was recorded by Shu as he traveled with Col. Claire Chennault to aid the Chinese Air Force in training and establishing the American Volunteer Group (AVG). The footage documents Shu's travel and family as well as Chennault's and the AVG's activities during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Time-stamped scene list: 00:02 Sightseeing and family affairs. Countryside landscapes and rural village. 03:20 View of mountains and river in Kweilin (trip to Kunming). 04:16 Chennault and P. Y. Shu eat sandwiches in a rural area. Village children. 05:00 Car parked in a rural area. Chennault and Chinese children. 05:13 A sign of Chinese Air Force. A sign of a junior high school. Girls play Ping-pong. Chinese interpreters by a car. They ride bicycle. Sunset. 07:32 A plane in the sky. A group of Chinese in front of a barrack. Chinese pilots and officers walk to camera. 08:11 P. Y. Shu play cards with Chinese boys. They eat lunch, and swim in a river. 09:51 Chinese laborers pull raft from shore. Mountain view. A village by a river. 11:14 Chinese villagers. River and Gwei Yang Water Fall. Mountain view. Trucks on a mountain road. 15:48 P. Y. Shu with a rifle. Chennault with a hunting party.
creator: P.Y. Shu
source: Fei Hu Films research and production files (RHC-88)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1938
contributor: Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958
rights: In Copyright
format: video/mp16
language: eng
language: chi
type: Moving Image
coverage: World War II

Kunming, 1938
subject: China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group
subject: World War, 1939-1945
subject: Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958
subject: Wang, Shuming
description: Black and white film taken by Chinese Air Force Interpreter P.Y. Shu (no sound). The footage was recorded by Shu as he traveled with Col. Claire Chennault to aid the Chinese Air Force in training and establishing the American Volunteer Group (AVG). The footage documents Shu's travel and family as well as Chennault's and the AVG's activities during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Time-stamped scene list: 00:06 Kunming sightseeing and family affairs. 10:25 Chinese and Western personnel at an official party. (Reynolds, a pilot instructor, in crowd) Chinese Army Band. 10:56 Chennault talks to "Tiger" Wang Shuming, interpreted by P.Y.Shu at the party. Chennault and Chinese officers. 11:27 American pilot-instructors and young Stilwell at the party. Band plays music. 11:47 Sightseeing and family affairs.
creator: P.Y. Shu
source: Fei Hu Films research and production files (RHC-88)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1938
contributor: Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958
rights: In Copyright
format: video/mp15
language: eng
language: chi
type: Moving Image
coverage: World War II

Haiphong, Hanoi & Kunming, 1938
subject: China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group
subject: World War, 1939-1945
subject: Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958
description: Film in black and white and color taken by Chinese Air Force Interpreter P.Y. Shu (no sound). The footage was recorded by Shu as he traveled with Col. Claire Chennault to aid the Chinese Air Force in training and establishing the American Volunteer Group (AVG). The footage documents Shu's travel and family as well as Chennault's and the AVG's activities during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Time-stamped scene list: 00:07 (black and white film) Steamship G.G.P. Doumer. 00:16 Loading heavy trunk onto deck. 00:35 View of Hong Kong and port from deck. Traveling by boat, scenery, and passengers. 02:28 Haiphong, Vietnam. 05:15 Train travel. Hanoi, Vietnam. Sightseeing and animals. 08:30 (color film) Panda bear on a chain. 09:13 (black and white film) Sightseeing in Hanoi. Pagoda Ngoc Son. 10:08 Travel by train to Kunming mountain scenes from train. 14:37 Chennault, P. Y. Shu and Billie McDonald with General Chen, the commandant of cadet school, (later promoted to chief of Chinese Air Force) on a porch. Birds and a dog.
creator: P.Y. Shu
source: Fei Hu Films research and production files (RHC-88)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1938
contributor: Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958
rights: In Copyright
format: video/mp14
language: eng
language: chi
type: Moving Image
coverage: World War II