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1937 JAP 'INCIDENTS' INCENSE US AND BRITAIN Sinking of Panay brings profuse apologies from Japan.
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3:12Now PlayingDate: 23rd December 1937
Location: TOKYO, JAPAN NANKING, CHINA WASHINGTON D.C., U.S.A.
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
TOKYO, JAPAN: FOR FIRST PART OF STORY SEE 'NANKING, CHINA' AND 'WASHINGTON, D.C.' CARDS.
Top view Japanese, German & Italian flags. Long & semi views kids waving flags. Long view arrival of Prince Kanin..& others. Semi top view flags waving. CU Dr. W. Noebel' (Germany)..talking. Side view Germans at salute. CU Italian Ambassador Auriti. CU Italian youths saluting. CU Premier Konoe..addressing crowd. Gen. view Jap. cheering.
Good Scenes.
Gen. view party at table. CUs Prince Chichibu & German Ambassador (left) Von Dirkson & Italian Ambassador Giacinti Auriti (right). CU Foreign Minister Koki Hirota. CU Manchukuo Ambassador Yuan Chen Tuo..at mike. CU map of China...pointer points to Nanking & surrounding. CU kids wave flags. Semi view Premier Konoe. Gen. view crowd & flags in stand.
China: Sinking of U.S. Gunboat 'Panay' by Japanese Causes International Crisis. Nanking, China Gen. view of Gunboat 'Panay'. Semi view of oil taker. Shot of U.S. flag & sailor.
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Good Scene: Cu map of China...showing nanking & surrounding district.
U.S.A.: Sinking of U.S. Gunboat 'Panay' by Japanese Causes International Crisis. Washington D.C., U.S.A. Semi view & pan Cordell Hull down steps & into building. CU Roosevelt. CU Letter sent to Jap. Emperor...& full CU. Semi view Ambassador Saito at window. CU Saito talks. Gen. view gunboats. CU U.S. flag.
Sound Effects. Saito says that the sinking of the Panay was a great mistake and expresses regret.
Good Scenes. Semi view Saito talks.
Sound Effects. Saito says...that he is sorry to hear that the Panay had been bombed & sunk.
Sino-Japanese War; Ships and Boats; Diplomacy; Celebrations - Anniversaries (Impersonal), United States of America
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