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Nanking, WWII

World War II8:30Public Domain
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Mislabeled at the National Archives as Nanking 1965 but appears to be from WWII. National Archives description: "Shot List 1) CU PAN Front page of a Japanese newspaper. G 2) LA CU Japanese banner. G 3) CU Cloth deceration of some type. G 4) LS Looking out over the heads of hundreds of Japanese people on their knees, bowing; shrine in the bg. G 5) MS Family sitting on the floor in their home, two women and a young man; young man reading from a Japanese newspaper; two women smiling as the information is read from the paper; man is apparently reading off good war news to the two women who are seated on the floor. 6) CU Japanese newspaper, showing a map. G 7) MS Pedestrians moving along on the street; man drops a rolled piece of paper, one of the pedestrians picks it up. G 8) CU Man handing back the roll of paper to the other civilian(SV).G 9) CU Oil paintings in a shop, strewn about the shop, some on the walls, some resting against tables, others mounted, some are unmounted; PAN up and to the left in a small shop showing the paintings. 10) CU Two Japanese gentlemen entering the shop; one leaves the scene at left. G 11) MS Japanese gentleman entering the shop, looking at the oil painti…

Directors & creators

United States. Navy

Subjects

WWII, World War, 1939-1945, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, Japanese, World War II

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