Canton and Hong Kong, 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) Travel by train, passing river boats. 01:00 Canton street scenes and architecture. 01:20 Shu family affairs. 01:34 Street scenes and double decker trolleys. 01:47 Aerial views of Hong Kong. 02:29 Railroad tracks and trains. 02:52 Hong Kong views from the water. 03:48 Arriving in port with views of steamers. 04:03 Hong Kong street scene. 04:16 Passenger ferry on the water. 04:27 Hong kong views from the water. 04:49 China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) Headquarters exterior. Street scene with double decker trolleys. 6:30 Scenes along the coast and at the water. 08:14 (color film) Texaco emblem and neon signs at night. 09:00 (black and white film) Landscape views along coast. 09:42 Family at the beach. 11:22 (color film) Family at the beach. 11:37 (black and white film) Street scenes. The Kowloon Hotel marquee.
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1938
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1960
In Copyright
video/mp13
eng
chi
Moving Image
Shu-125
World War II
Hankow, 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 Chinese soldiers marching to the front. 01:20 Three Chinese Air Force officers and Chennault with suits and ties. 01:53 Training airplane on the ground. Landing the plane. Ground crews working on a plane. 02:37 Chennault with Rolf Watson and Sebie Smith. Ground crews. Crew working on a plane. 02:57 Shu family affairs and recreation time. 05:23 Chinese woman with a bicycle. Chennault talking with bicycle woman. P.Y. Shu riding a bicycle. Shu, Chennault, and bicycle woman. 06:54 Shu family affairs and horse race. 09:01 Chennault and W.H. Donald playing golf. 09:34 Water buffalo and drivers mowing the lawn. 10:15 Chennault and W.H. Donald playing golf. 11:05 Chinese children playing outside. Women and children playing. Monkey show. Acrobatics show.
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1938
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1959
In Copyright
video/mp12
eng
chi
Moving Image
Shu-124
World War II
Nanking, Hankow, Changsha, and Nanchang, 1937-1938
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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 Chinese buildings and museum of history. 00:15 Chennault and a Chinese officer on steps in front of a building. P. Y. Shu walks to camera in front of a building. Chennault and Colonel Lee Hwei Don, who was evaluated from Nanking. 00:45 View of ocean. Chinese refugees. View of residential area. 01:07 Hankow harbor and city in snow in 1938. A clock tower (Hankow custom house). 02:40 People set off firecrackers. Crowd in front of the clock tower. View of Hankow Harbor by the Yangtse River. 06:05 British flag on ground (British international section). Black smoke rises from a city on the other side of the shore. Aerial shot of a city. 07:09 A group of military personnels on a field. Chennault with 2 pilots of the International SQ. 7:30 Smoke rises from a crashed plane in a airfield. Pilots watch the accident. Airfield construction in Hankow. Chinese workers. 08:00 Chennault and pilots on an airfield. Training planes in the air. Landing planes. A plane hid under straw. Chennault listens to Chinese pilots talking about flight experience. Crews work on a training plane. Johnny Allison and International pilots. 8:40 Chennault in a cockpit of training plane. Black smoke rises from a distant city. 09:17 Funeral of American soldiers. 10:10 A German pilot with Chinese sign (blood chit) on his jacket. Funeral of soldiers. Chennault among the pall bearers. 10:45 Building and campus of a junior high school. Grave stones. School buildings. P.Y. Shu's mother in front of a building in Chang Shia, Hunan province. 11:43 P. Y. Shu carried in a basket. An old Chinese man and a Chinese officer. 11:50 View of a valley in Hankow. P.Y. Shu in front of a building. 12:19 Wreckages of a training plane.
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1937/1938
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958
In Copyright
video/mp11
eng
chi
Moving Image
Shu-123
World War II
Sightseeing in Toungoo, circa 1942
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Film taken by American Volunteer Group (AVG) 1st Squadron Crew Chief Chuck Misenheimer, wtih color and black and white sections (no sound). The footage documents the training and flight activities of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) "Flying Tigers," servicemen organized by the U.S. Government to aid in the defense of China during the Second Sino-Japanese war.
Time-stamped scene list: 00:00 Snake charming act. 01:48 Monkeys at Toungoo barracks. Burmese cooks. AVG with monkeys. AVG play acting. 03:12 Church. Elephant. 3:30 Snake charming act. 07:12 Elephants. AVG riding elepant. Sightseeing AVG in Toungoo. Jungle views. Monkeys. 12:55 Waterfall. 13:13 South Africa monument close-up. 14:00 View from plane in flight. Wing, clouds, land, waterfall. 15:10 Arrival at Livingstone Tourist Capital of the Federation. Rhodes-Livingstone Museum Craft Village. 15:35 African dancers and drummers.
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1942
In Copyright
video/mp10
eng
chi
Moving Image
Meisenheimer-34
World War II
AVG Flying Tigers, circa 1941
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Film taken by American Volunteer Group (AVG) 1st Squadron Crew Chief Chuck Misenheimer, wtih color and black and white sections (no sound). The footage, dated circa 1941, documents the training and flight activities of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) "Flying Tigers," servicemen organized by the U.S. Government to aid in the defense of China during the Second Sino-Japanese war.
Time-stamped scene list: 00:00 Rural area in China. Small village and Chinese people. 01:00 Chinese children gathering around AVG car. Water mill. AVG shooting guns. 1:32 Chinese workers rolling runway in Kunming. A two-pilots fighter airplane on ground. Dolan and other (McClure?)on air field. Landing airplanes. P-40 #13, #12, #33 and others on ground. 02:48 Snuffy Smith and Chinese crew with P-40 #93 of Hell's Angel on ground. Close-up of Hell's Angel insignia. 03:15 Adam and Eve insignia on P-40 #13. Chinese worker and pilots at airport eating lunch. Landing bomber planes. Train coming in. Chinese worker at airport. View of Kunming Lake. Misenheimer on mountain top. 05:07 P-40 #6 and #24 taxiing. Cross in cockpit of P-40. P-40 #13, #33 and others taking off from Kunming airfield. 06:12 Crashed Wright's P-40 on fire. AVG's Carney, Dean, Neale, Burguard talking in front of P-40 in Kweilin. Close-up of Bob Neale. A dog in water. Airplane parts. View of desert field. Bomb holes on the ground. 08:07 An AVG at repairing area in Kunming. J.J. Harrington standing by truck. Rodewald and others on truck. Hoffman walks to camera. Landing P-40. 09:36 An AVG sitting by remaining shot guns and engines of shot down plane in Kweilin. AVG's on Chow line (Schiel, Bright and others) in Kweilin. 11:03 Japanese hostage Honda with Harrington, Bond, Snuffy Smith, Bartling, Burguard, Bob Neale, Olson, Rossi, Rosbert and Chinese soldier in Kweilin. 11:20 Close-up of Honda. Close-up of bullet holes on a plane. Bomber airplane #74 and AVG. 12:50 Crashed airplane. Cars destroyed by air raid. Bombing in Yunnanyi. 14:00 P-40 and Jim Cross on Kunming airfield. A building on fire. Crew working on three bombs on the wing of P-40E. P-40E takes off. 15:05 Training airplanes. Chinese pilots. 16:03 Doc Rich on truck on Kunming airfield. Musgrove and other AVG's standing around truck. Name plate of Uebele and Misenheimer's room. 16:30 Misenheimer with a kitten and dogs at Kunming hostel #2. 17:24 Kitten. AVG with Kitten and dog. Kitten killing a dog. 19:00 Flying and landing training planes in Kunming. 20:00 Flying P-40. Landing US P-40E. 20:40 Cargo airplane 'Available Jones'. Chinese soldiers. Two-pilots fighters and biplanes take off and fly in the sky. 22:10 Destroyed British plane. Airplanes and a crowd of people around it. Fox and Overley by a passenger plane. American soldiers standing by plane. People wait to get into plane. 22:30 Crashed CNAC airplane. 25:00 Misenheimer on a truck. Kenner and other by AVG red cross car. 25:30 Chinese people running away from a town (Kunming air raid). People in shelters.
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
1941
In Copyright
video/mp9
eng
chi
Moving Image
Meisenheimer-33
World War II
P-40 Flying Tigers, circa 1941
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Film taken by American Volunteer Group (AVG) 1st Squadron Crew Chief Chuck Misenheimer, wtih color and black and white sections (no sound). The footage, dated circa 1941, documents the training and flight activities of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) "Flying Tigers," servicemen organized by the U.S. Government to aid in the defense of China during the Second Sino-Japanese war.
Time-stamped scene list: 00:00 AVGs. P-40s and bomber airplanes. Kunming hostel #1. AVG picnic. City of Rangoon and temples. 03:00 Misenheimer and other AVGs sightseeing in Rangoon. More Rangoon temples. 05:40 Pre-teeth P-40s (#10 and others). AVGs with bicycle around P-40 in Toungoo. Flying P-40. 06:00 Uebele and Kenner talk on P-40. P-40 #5, #9, #4, and others taxing, taking off.and flying in the sky. Workers at airfield. 06:50 Two AVGs in front of P-40 #10. Misenheimer comes down from P-40. An AVG working on wheel of P-40. 07:05 Locke, Wylie, other AVG's and workers under a tent. AVGs sightseeing. 07:35 People carrying a load on a street. Boats on a river. 08:30 AVG trucks and jeeps. Two AVGs or British by AVG truck. Bomber airplanes. 10:02 A man and a woman (AVG?) with a dog. P-40 being repaired. Prop specialists working on propellers of P-40 at Kunming airbase. 11:00 Burma road. AVG trucks. 11:55 An AVG truck driver closes door and looks out window. View of road and mountains. 12:35 Trucks and cars on Burma Road. 13:13 Truck stops once, back up and turns hairpin curve on Burma Road. 13:55 Stacked truck on winding road. Mountain view. 14:35 Truck convoy at a sign of Rasio-Mandalay. 15:00 London 6372 miles sign. 15:05 Truck convoy goes through a Chinese city. Street scene. Children play on street. Rickshaws. 16:30 Market in a Chinese city. Parks.
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1941
In Copyright
video/mp8
eng
chi
Moving Image
Meisenheimer-32
World War II
Flying Tigers Sailing and Kitten, circa 1941
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Black and white film taken by American Volunteer Group (AVG) Crew Chief Joe Gasdick (no sound). The footage, dated circa 1941, documents the training and flight activities of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) "Flying Tigers," servicemen organized by the U.S. Government to aid in the defense of China during the Second Sino-Japanese war.
Time-stamped scene list: 00:05 Boat trip. View of the ocean, flying airplane, boat masts, islands. 01:15 Sailor spraying water off boat deck. AVG and other passengers in life preserver jackets working on deck. View of ocean. 02:25 Ships and boats on ocean. 03:15 Sunbathing AVG. Boat masts. AVGs in a cabin. 04:05 Aerial shots of clouds and fields. 04:30 AVG's in a cabin. Aerial shots of clouds, river, mountains, airplane propeller and wings. 06:40 AVG's on deck. Sailors painting masts. 07:15 Chinese rural field. Farmers planting young rice plants. 08:55 Street and field of rural area. Housing of farmers. Working water buffalo. Farmers pumping up water. Horses carrying a load. 10:35 P-40 being repaired in Kunming. P-40 #124 at repairing area. Ground crew working on wheel. 10:55 AVG 1st SQ ground crew group picture with Kitten in front of P-40 in Kunming. (1st row: Harrington, Uebele, Locke, Kern?, Cornelius, Kenner)
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1941
In Copyright
video/mp7
eng
chi
Moving Image
Gasdick-6
World War II
Flying Tigers and Kunming Airfield, circa 1941
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Color film taken by American Volunteer Group (AVG) Crew Chief Joe Gasdick (no sound). The footage, dated circa 1941, documents the training and flight activities of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) "Flying Tigers," servicemen organized by the U.S. Government to aid in the defense of China during the Second Sino-Japanese war.
Time-stamped scene list: 00:20 Chinese women and residential area. 00:50 Airplane under a net in a repair area at Kunming airfield. 01:40 Chinese soldier. Residential area. Horses carrying a load. 02:50 Chinese funeral procession. 03:55 Chinese construction workers. Farmers pounding rice. An old Chinese woman. 04:50 Camouflaged planes and P-40s at Kunming repair area. Ground crew working on P-40. 05:50 AVG Kunming hostel #2. AVG dining room.0 6:30 Agricultural field. Water buffalo carriage. Working horses. 07:20 Red Cross sign with a bullet hole. 07:40 Train. 07:50 P-40s #4, #47, #24 and others taking off from Kunming airfield. 08:25 Busy street in a Chinese town. 08:40 P-40s #47, #34 and others taking off from Kunming airfield. Six P-40s flying in the sky. 09:20 An AVG pilot in cockpit of P-40. Shilling gets in P-40 #97, takes off and does acrobat flight. 10:45 A shot from inside airplane moving down runway in Kunming. 10:55 Farmers carrying water. 11:15 Practicing Chinese soldiers. 12:10 P-40 being repaired. Damaged building and crashed plane. 13:00 Flying biplane. Crashed P-40 #18. Dummy P-40 lined up. P-40 under a net. Flying biplane.
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1941
In Copyright
video/mp6
eng
chi
Moving Image
Gasdick-5
World War II
Kunming and AVG Air Training, circa 1941
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Color film taken by American Volunteer Group (AVG) Crew Chief Joe Gasdick (no sound). The footage, dated circa 1941, documents the training and flight activities of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) "Flying Tigers," servicemen organized by the U.S. Government to aid in the defense of China during the Second Sino-Japanese war.
Time-stamped scene list: 00:05 Chinese flag in a compound. Boats on Kunming lake. 01:05 Chinese rice paddie. Water irrigation pump. Women washing clothes in river. 02:22 Chinese children on street. Farmers at work. Mule convoy on street. Farmers pounding rice. 03:50 Workers sawing lumbers and breaking rocks. 4:32 Chinese peopel on track and mule convoy in a rural area. 04:45 Thieves. Market in Kunming. 07:00 Chinese hideouts. 07:57 Two men talking at Kunming airfield. 08:20 US bomber planes. 08:45 Runway construction on Kunming airfield. Chinese worker rolling the ground, having lunch break. 10:40 Chinese airplane laying up side down on the ground. 11:00 AVG trucks, jeeps. P-40s in repairing area in Kunming. Dog. 11:15 Chinese flags. 11:40 Airplanes taking off. 12:05 Training airplanes. 12:19 A city of China. People running at the air raid warning in Kunming. Group of army passing by.
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1941
In Copyright
video/mp5
eng
chi
Moving Image
Gasdick-3
World War II
American Volunteer Group, circa 1941
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Color film taken by American Volunteer Group (AVG) Crew Chief Joe Gasdick (no sound). The footage, dated circa 1941, documents the training and flight activities of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) "Flying Tigers," servicemen organized by the U.S. Government to aid in the defense of China during the Second Sino-Japanese war.
Time-stamped scene list: 00:00 Chinese agricultural fields. 00:30 AVG army trucks parked along road. Chinese people passing in carts. 01:00 Chines garden or field. 01:40 Chinese plane under a net on Kunming airfield. 01:48 Chinese army fortresses. 02:24 Two Chinese guards sleeping on the ground. 02:30 Chinese soldiers training and smiling at camera. Army pillbox. 03:19 Landing bomber planes on Kunming airfield. 03:55 P-40 #97 taxiing on airfield. 04:09 AVG pilot and ground crew talking on P-40 #97. 04:44 P-40s lined up on Kunming airfield. A ground crew working on P-40. P-40, hanger and bomber planes on Kunming airfield. Three men in front of bomber plane. Chinese soldiers at pillbox. US bomber airplane. 05:58 Bomber airplane landing on Kunming. 07:20 Bomb holes in a road. Street in a Chinese town.
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1941
In Copyright
video/mp4
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chi
Moving Image
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World War II
Robert T. Smith interview (video and transcript, 8 of 8), 1991
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Interview of Robert T. Smith by filmmaker Frank Boring for the documentary, Fei Hu: The Story of the Flying Tigers. R. T. Smith joined the American Volunteer Group (AVG) in 1941, after resiging his commission as a U.S. Army Air Corps basic flight instructor. He served in the AVG as Flight Leader for the 3rd Squadron, "Hell's Angels." In the AVG he was credited with shooting down 8 Japanese planes and was awarded the Nine Star Medal and Order of Cloud Banner by the Chinese government. He returned to the US in 1942 and was drafted into the US Army, but was quickly re-commissioned as a US Air Corps Second Lieutenant. Over the course of the war, Smith returned to the Pacific Theater and flew 55 combat missions over Burma. He was awarded the Air Medal, Distinguisghed Flying Cross, and Silver Star. In this tape, Smith describes the meeting with General Bissell in the final days of the AVG and the significance of the Flying Tigers in Chinese and American history.
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1991-04-23
Boring, Frank (interviewer)
Christopher, Frank (director)
Fei Hu Films
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Robert T. Smith interview (video and transcript, 7 of 8), 1991
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Interview of Robert T. Smith by filmmaker Frank Boring for the documentary, Fei Hu: The Story of the Flying Tigers. R. T. Smith joined the American Volunteer Group (AVG) in 1941, after resiging his commission as a U.S. Army Air Corps basic flight instructor. He served in the AVG as Flight Leader for the 3rd Squadron, "Hell's Angels." In the AVG he was credited with shooting down 8 Japanese planes and was awarded the Nine Star Medal and Order of Cloud Banner by the Chinese government. He returned to the US in 1942 and was drafted into the US Army, but was quickly re-commissioned as a US Air Corps Second Lieutenant. Over the course of the war, Smith returned to the Pacific Theater and flew 55 combat missions over Burma. He was awarded the Air Medal, Distinguisghed Flying Cross, and Silver Star. In this tape, Smith discusses the morale missions that his squadron was a part of in Loiwing, in addition to his impressions of Harvey and Olga Greenlaw, Greg Boyington, Bert Christman, and General Bissell.
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives.
1991-04-23
Boring, Frank (interviewer)
Christopher, Frank (director)
Fei Hu Films
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