This silent newsreel footage shows the results of the Japanese offensive against Shanghai and Chinchow. It likely dates to 1932, when Japan conducted the Jinzhou (Chinchow) Operation and caused the January 28th Incident. The film begins with images of refugees on the move and shows many dead bodies in the street, and fires raging. Various scenes show the Japanese Army on parade and in combat, refugees fleeing the advancing Japanese, and the fall of Chinchow (3:19). At (3:31) captured Manchurian troops are shown.
The Jinzhou Operation was part of the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, which was a preliminary, contributing factor to the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937. The January 28 incident or Shanghai incident (January 28 – March 3, 1932) was a conflict between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. It took place in the Shanghai International Settlement which was under international control. Japanese army officers, defying higher authorities, had provoked anti-Japanese demonstrations in the international District of Shanghai. A Chinese mob attacked Japanese Buddhist priests, killing one. Heavy fighting broke out, and China appealed with no success to the League of Nations. A truce was finally reached on May 5, calling for Japanese military withdrawal, and an end to Chinese boycotts of Japanese products. Internationally, the episode intensified opposition to Japan’s aggressiveness in Asia. The episode helped undermine civilian rule in Tokyo; Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi was assassinated on May 15, 1932.
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