Bangkok and Taiwan, 1947
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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.
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1947
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1972
In Copyright
video/mp25
eng
chi
Moving Image
Shu-140
World War II
China and Chennault Post War, 1942-1947
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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 Chennaults walking in an airfield and village. They get in a CAT plane. 13:46 Cat with three orange kittens.
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1942
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1971
In Copyright
video/mp24
eng
chi
Moving Image
Shu-139
World War II
Chinese Air Force Cadet School, circa 1942
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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.
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1942
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1970
In Copyright
video/mp23
eng
chi
Moving Image
Shu-138
World War II
Chennault Decorated, 1942-1943
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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.
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Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1969
In Copyright
video/mp22
eng
chi
Moving Image
Shu-137
World War II
India, 1942-1943
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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.
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1942/1943
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1968
In Copyright
video/mp21
eng
chi
Moving Image
Shu-136
World War II
Visit of Chiang Kai-shek, 1941-1942
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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 statue. 06:57 Group of AVG include Chennault, Adair, Bond, Wang and others walk to a cemetery. Funeral for four American Army Air Corpsmen. 08:33 (color film) Gov. Lung Yin in front of a building. MCKS and CKS come out of a building. Tiger Wong and the others follow them. They walk to an airplane and leave. 10:28 P. Y. Shu's wife and son. Son plays with marbles, then shoots a rifle. Shu holding a rifle with son. 11:18 AVG crewman with pet leopard "Kitten." 11:48 Tom Trumble, Chennault's secretary, in front of a twin-engine plane. Reeds and other at Kunming airfield. P-40 #110. 12:23 General Yin, a local commander of Chinese Air Force, and his family.
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1941/1942
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1967
In Copyright
video/mp20
eng
chi
Moving Image
Shu-135
World War II
Chinese Air Force Cadets, 1940
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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.
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1940
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1966
In Copyright
video/mp19
eng
chi
Moving Image
Shu-134
World War II
The 14th Air Force, 1939
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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.
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1939
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1965
In Copyright
video/mp18
eng
chi
Moving Image
Shu-131
World War II
Chinese Air Force Graduation, December 1938
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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.
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
1938
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1964
In Copyright
video/mp17
eng
chi
Moving Image
Shu-129
World War II
Liechow, Hengyang, Chikiang, & Kunming, 1938
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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.
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1938
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1963
In Copyright
video/mp16
eng
chi
Moving Image
Shu-128
World War II
Kunming, 1938
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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.
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1938
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1962
In Copyright
video/mp15
eng
chi
Moving Image
Shu-127
World War II
Haiphong, Hanoi & Kunming, 1938
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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.
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
1938
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1961
In Copyright
video/mp14
eng
chi
Moving Image
Shu-126
World War II