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Dreams of Wealth and Power

This episode investigates the different responses of China and Japan to the threat posed by Europe.
Series : Roads to Xanadu | Episode : 3 | Year : 1989 | Total Duration : 55.5 Minutes | Producer : John Merson, David Roberts, Tom Levenson (Assistant Producer WGBH Boston)
Director : David Roberts |
Dock area at night, HA people walking on pier, police patrolling area in white jackets
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Access No. 124364 | 12 secs | 1980s | Shanghai, China | © NFSA | Colour |
CU legs of women dancing, dancers in swimming costumes, drinks served to European families by Chinese waiter
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Access No. 125079 | 7 secs | 1920s | Shanghai, China | © China Documentary Unit | B&W |
Night - lights on building with clock tower, Chinese soldiers look at camera, people walking along the waterfront Bund area
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Access No. 125080 | 10 secs | 1980s | Shanghai, China | © NFSA | Colour |
Man reclining in cane lounge on moving boat, CU cocktail drink being stirred, MS man stands in top hat with hand on his heart, MS horse race
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Access No. 125081 | 7 secs | 1920s | Shanghai, China | © China Documentary Unit | B&W |
CU child's face illuminated, WS buildings on the waterfront illuminated at night, MS Chinese man plays trumpet in band, MS band playing cabaret music, WS buildings on waterfront in daytime, large ferry passes in front, John Merson talks to camera, WS buildings on waterfront, Pan along historic buildings, MS ferry passes camera, Merson talk to camera,
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Access No. 125082 | 1 min 27 secs | 1980s | Shanghai, China | © NFSA | Colour |
Japanese signaller waves flag on aircraft carrier, WS plane takes off from carrier, MS Japanese Zero aircraft flying in formation - air to air,
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Access No. 125083 | 20 secs | 1930s | © NHK | B&W |
HA bombs dropped from aircraft, WS bombs exploding in Harbour,
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Access No. 125084 | 5 secs | 1930s | China | © National Archives - Washington | B&W |
Aerial Chinese buildings in city
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Access No. 125085 | 3 secs | 1930s | China | © NFSA | B&W |
CU nose of aircraft in flight
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Access No. 125086 | 1 sec | 1930s | © National Archives - Washington | B&W |
WS air to air - plane drops bomb
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Access No. 125087 | 1 sec | 1930s | © NFSA | B&W |
MCU rear view of Japanese pilot in plane
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Access No. 125088 | 2 secs | 1930s | © NHK | B&W |
Aerial of city being bombed, WS destroyed city as bombs explode, MS city as bomb explodes (last shot is frozen for opening titles)
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Access No. 125089 | 10 secs | 1930s | China | © NFSA | B&W |
MS calm water, tilt up to palace in distance, MS Japanese women in traditional kimonos walk to palace, LA palace with red leaves in foreground, - Nagoya Castle
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Access No. 125090 | 24 secs | 1980s | Japan | © NFSA | Colour |
Detail of samurai screen ÒThe Battle of YashimaÓ - 16th Century
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Access No. 125091 | 11 secs | Unknown | Japan | © The Minneapolis Institute of Art | Colour |
Portrait of Tokugawa Leyasu - Shogun - 1603 - zoom in to CU of face
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Access No. 125092 | 18 secs | Unknown | Japan | © The Tokugawa Art Museum, Tokyo | Colour |
WS Nagoya Castle with warrior statue in F/G, CU detail of hand on samurai sword on statue, pan up to face of statue
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Access No. 125093 | 17 secs | 1980s | Japan | © NFSA | Colour |
Illustration - Perry's Black Ships - sent by the US government to force Japan to open its ports to international trade, Japanese Illustration MCU of Commodore Perry, Japanese Illustration of Perry & another officer
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Access No. 125094 | 44 secs | Unknown | Japan | © Yokohama Archives of History | Colour |
CU plaque ÒFor The Emperor of JapanÓ, telegraph machine & paper in wooden crate, zoom into telegraph key
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Access No. 125095 | 15 secs | 1980s | Japan | © NFSA | Colour |
Illustration - Japanese scroll of Commodore Perry & his soldiers & miniature railway
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Access No. 125096 | 18 secs | Unknown | Japan | © Yokohama Archives of History | Colour |
Mountains in Southern Japan, pan to European style factory
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Access No. 125097 | 13 secs | 1980s | Kagoshima, Japan | © NFSA | Colour |
Photo - Exterior of factory, MCU Lord Nariakira, pan of photo of students that Nariakira sent to Britain to study Western science & technology
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Access No. 125098 | 18 secs | Unknown | Kagoshima, Japan | © Shoko Seuskein Museum | B&W |
Interior of factory with carding machine, CU plaque on loom ÒPlatt Bros, Oldham 1866Ó - shot in museum, Photo of Platt Bros. engineers
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Access No. 125099 | 11 secs | 1980s | Kagoshima, Japan | © NFSA | Colour |
Illustration - Nariakira taking a photograph
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Access No. 125100 | 15 secs | Unknown | Kagoshima, Japan | © Harvard University Press | B&W |
John Merson talks to camera near pagoda - holds up Japanese flag (rising sun on white background), zoom into red of flag
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Access No. 125101 | 1 min 15 secs | 1980s | Kagoshima, Japan | © NFSA | Colour |
Photo - Emperor Media in traditional dress
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Access No. 125103 | 7 secs | Unknown | Japan | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Emperor Media in ornate western style uniform
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Access No. 125113 | 9 secs | Unknown | Japan | © Weatherhill Publishers | B&W |
The 15th & last Shogun Yoshinobu Tokugawa, proclaiming his relinquishment of power 7/11/1867 at Nijo Castle, Kyoto
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Access No. 125114 | 16 secs | 1880s | Kyoto, Japan | © Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tokyo | Colour |
Pan along foreshore of Harbour showing storehouse - Woodblock
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Access No. 125115 | 15 secs | Unknown | Yokohama, Japan | © Mr. Keiichiro Nongami | Colour |
Japan's first foreign mission headed by Prince Iwakura - 1871 - in small boats on Yokohama Harbour - pan up to tall ship waiting for them at anchor
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Access No. 125116 | 18 secs | 1880s | Yokohama, Japan | © Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tokyo | Colour |
Clip from Chinese Feature Film of Taiping Rebellion showing hordes of warriors running across open field - during internal rebellion against opening China to the West
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Access No. 125117 | 29 secs | 1980s | Taipei, China | © China Film Co. | Colour |
CU profile of statue of leader , Hong Xiuchuan of the charge by Chinese at Taiping - 20 million people died during the internal rebellion against opening ties with the West
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Access No. 125118 | 15 secs | 1980s | Taipei, China | © NFSA | Colour |
Clip from Chinese Feature Film of rebellion at Taipei (?)
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Access No. 125119 | 28 secs | 1980s | Taipei, China | © China Film Co. | Colour |
Photo - Li Hung Chung by Thomson
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Access No. 125120 | 11 secs | 1880s | China | © Royal Geographical Society, London | B&W |
Photo - Nanking Arsenal by Thomson - cannon with cannon balls piled up nearby
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Access No. 125121 | 17 secs | 1880s | Nanking, China | © J. Paul Getty Museum | B&W |
Photo - Taku Forts by Felix Beato - shows British flag flying over it
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Access No. 125122 | 14 secs | 1880s | China | © Penwick Publishing, USA | B&W |
Interview Professor Wang Gungwu, Vice Chancellor Hong Kong University
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Access No. 125123 | 34 secs | 1980s | Hong Kong | © NFSA | Colour |
Drawing - Cannon & Western Advisors
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Access No. 125124 | 16 secs | 1880s | China | © National Library of Australia | B&W |
Drawing - Shanghai Shipyard
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Access No. 125125 | 23 secs | 1880s | Shanghai, China | © National Library of Australia | B&W |
Interview - Professor Wang Gungwu, Vice Chancellor Hong Kong University
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Access No. 125126 | 42 secs | 1980s | Hong Kong | © NFSA | Colour |
Drawings - Various European exhibitions which were attended by a Japanese delegation: Ext Pavillion, Balloon Base, Sugar Refinery, Telescope, Krupp's gun at Paris Exhibition
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Access No. 125127 | 1 min 2 secs | 1880s | Europe, Paris, France | © National Library of Australia | B&W |
Photo - Japanese Delegation that had visited European trade exhibitions - Photo Samurai Fukuzawa Yuichi
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Access No. 125128 | 36 secs | 1880s | Japan | © Keio University, Tokyo | B&W |
Narrator & Dr. Kiyooka, a retired professor from Keio University, Tokyo walking into a Western Style speaking hall that was built by Fukuzawa Yuichi, Interview Dr Kiyooka, Painting of Yuichi on wall of hall, interview with Dr Kiyooka continues
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Access No. 125129 | 55 secs | 1980s | Tokyo, Japan | © NFSA | Colour |
Drawing - Map of the world by Fukuzawa - various shots of Fukuzawa's drawings of Western inventions
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Access No. 125130 | 55 secs | 1880s | Tokyo, Japan | © Keio University, Tokyo | B&W |
Interview - Dr Kiyooka, Retired professor from Keio University
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Access No. 125131 | 20 secs | 1980s | Tokyo, Japan | © Keio University, Tokyo | Colour |
Archival Footage - pouring hot iron ore, glowing hot ore sparks, workshop window, molten iron mixer, man's arm & lever, man walking with pole, The Workington Haematite Iron Company Limited sign, pan to relief bust of Henry Bessemer, man pokes rods through holes in bottom of furnace, sparks,
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Access No. 125132 | 1 min 27 secs | 1950s | UK | © British Steel Corporation | B&W |
Iron bar cut, various shots of railway line construction, POV from front of moving train, LS steam train across the desert, MS front of steam train to camera, WS train over viaduct, LS train through field
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Access No. 125133 | 33 secs | 1920s | Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
Interview - Professor Ian Inkster, University of NSW re the effects of the railways on places such as China & Australia
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Access No. 125134 | 37 secs | 1980s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Photo - railway men & small steam train
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Access No. 125135 | 14 secs | 1880s | China | © Jardine Matheson & Co. Hong Kong | B&W |
Lithograph - Chinese looking at steam train
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Access No. 125136 | 10 secs | 1880s | China | © Mary Evans Picture Library, London | B&W |
Interview - Professor Ian Inkster, University of NSW re British railway was rejected by the Chinese as a sign of imperialism
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Access No. 125137 | 16 secs | 1980s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
LS steam train through field with peasant farmer in F/G working the fields, man walks towards railway crossing carrying goods on a pole - train wheels pass in F/G, Narrator John Merson talks to camera while walking on railway line as peasant farmers cross the line behind him, 2 men with bicycles stand waiting for train to cross road, XLS train across plain,
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Access No. 125138 | 1 min 28 secs | 1980s | China | © NFSA | Colour |
Interview - Professor Ian Inkster, University of NSW re Opening of Japanese railways in 1872
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Access No. 125139 | 14 secs | 1980s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Woodblock - train with Japanese flags hanging from windows - 1872
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Access No. 125140 | 13 secs | 1880s | Japan | © Masupuro Denkoh Art Gallery, Aichi | Colour |
Interview - Professor Ian Inkster, University of NSW
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Access No. 125141 | 10 secs | 1980s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Woodblock - Ext Tomioka silk spinning factory
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Access No. 125142 | 15 secs | 1880s | Yokohama, Japan | © Yokohama Archives of History, Yokohama | Colour |
Ext Tomioka silk spinning factory, int deserted factory
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Access No. 125143 | 15 secs | 1980s | Yokohama, Japan | © NFSA | Colour |
Photo - Japanese women silk workers, zoom out to show factory floor
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Access No. 125144 | 9 secs | 1880s | Yokohama, Japan | © Tomoika Museum, Gumma | B&W |
Narrator John Merston talks to camera - detail of construction of the silk spinning factory
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Access No. 125145 | 46 secs | 1980s | Yokohama, Japan | © NFSA | Colour |
Photo - French engineers & managers of the Tomioka Silk Spinning Factory, Japanese women working in factory with piles of raw silk, Rows of silk spinners, Woodblock - women in traditional kimonos working on spinning machines - colour
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Access No. 125146 | 59 secs | 1880s | Yokohama, Japan | © Tomioka Museum, Gumma | B&W |
Photo - Shibusawa Eichi
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Access No. 125148 | 11 secs | 1880s | Yokohama, Japan | © The Viscount Shibusawa Memorial Foundation Inc | B&W |
Statue of Shibusawa Eichi
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Access No. 125149 | 13 secs | 1980s | Japan | © NFSA | Colour |
Interview Professor Gene Gregory, Sophia University, Tokyo
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Access No. 125150 | 23 secs | 1980s | Tokyo, Japan | © NFSA | Colour |
Photo - Samurai men in traditional clothing, 2 men sitting on chairs in Western style clothes (businessmen)
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Access No. 125151 | 8 secs | 1880s | Japan | © Glover Museum, Nagasaki | B&W |
Interview Professor Gene Gregory, Sophia University, Tokyo
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Access No. 125152 | 17 secs | 1980s | Tokyo, Japan | © NFSA | Colour |
Woodblock - Japanese soldiers training in Western style uniform
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Access No. 125153 | 16 secs | 1880s | Japan | © Tsuneo Tamba Collection, Kanagawa | Colour |
Woodblock - Horse pulling a carriage along rail
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Access No. 125154 | 9 secs | 1880s | Japan | © Mr. Keiichiro Nonogami | Colour |
Woodblock - Ext The House of Mitsui - first modern building erected by Misui - 1872
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Access No. 125155 | 14 secs | 1880s | Japan | © Mitsui Bank, Tokyo | Colour |
Woodblocks - various Japanese steel pressing & Japanese officials, Ship building yard at Nagasaki
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Access No. 125156 | 37 secs | 1880s | NagaSA, Australiaki, Japan | © Glover Museum, Nagasaki | Colour |
Interview Professor Gene Gregory, Sophia University, Tokyo
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Access No. 125157 | 28 secs | 1980s | Tokyo, Japan | © NFSA | Colour |
Steam train to camera, CU driver, POV from front of train, MS train passes, Int - machinery in factory - spinning machines - made by Platt Bros. Oldham - 1896
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Access No. 125158 | 1 min 10 secs | 1980s | Japan | © NFSA | Colour |
Interview - Dr Ryoshini Minami, Histosubashi University, Tokyo - with Toyoda weaving loom designed by Japanese in late 1800's
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Access No. 125159 | 47 secs | 1980s | Tokyo, Japan | © NFSA | Colour |
CU Memorandum Re Toyoda Loom (1929) being sold to the Platt Bros. , VS spinning machines
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Access No. 125160 | 38 secs | 1980s | Tokyo, Japan | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival Footage - CU feet walking in Chinese sandals
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Access No. 125161 | 3 secs | Unknown | China | © China Documentary Unit | B&W |
Archival Footage - Peasants pulling plough by rope, hand threshing of grain, children turning grinding wheel, feet walk on waterwheel, group of people along dirt road with belongings on carts & wheelbarrows
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Access No. 125162 | 26 secs | 1930s | China | © ETV, London | B&W |
Drawings - Rickshaw pan up to boat at wharf, Ships at anchor, Li Hung Chung, Chinese Bureaucrats
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Access No. 125163 | 47 secs | Unknown | China | © National Library of Australia | B&W |
Interview Professor Wang Gungwu, Vice Chancellor, Hong Kong University
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Access No. 125164 | 38 secs | 1980s | Hong Kong | © NFSA | Colour |
Photo - steamship
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Access No. 125165 | 12 secs | 1900s | China | © Jardine Matheson & Co, Hong Kong | B&W |
Interview Professor Wang Gungwu, Vice Chancellor, Hong Kong University
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Access No. 125166 | 17 secs | 1980s | Hong Kong | © NFSA | Colour |
Photo - 2 young men sitting in a furniture shop
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Access No. 125167 | 12 secs | 1900s | China | © J. Paul Getty Museum | B&W |
Photo - Pan across Shanghai Harbour showing boats
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Access No. 125168 | 13 secs | 1900s | Shanghai, China | © Royal Geographical Society, London | B&W |
Photo - Factory Supervisors in front of rows of workers
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Access No. 125169 | 10 secs | 1900s | China | © Jardine Matheson & Co, Hong Kong | B&W |
Archival Footage - children working in textile factory at weaving looms, Children cooking in factory, Chinese supervisor
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Access No. 125170 | 23 secs | 1900s | China | © China Documenatry Unit | B&W |
Photo - Group of men sit at table, some are Chinese, but some are Westerners
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Access No. 125171 | 9 secs | 1900s | China | © International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, New York | B&W |
Photo - Western man being carried in a sling chair by servants
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Access No. 125172 | 8 secs | 1900s | China | © Hong Kong Museum of History, Hong Kong | B&W |
Interview - Professor Gene Gregory, Sophia University, Tokyo
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Access No. 125173 | 50 secs | 1980s | Tokyo, Japan | © NFSA | Colour |
Photo - 2 businessmen - one Chinese , one Western
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Access No. 125174 | 10 secs | 1900s | China | © Glover Museum, Nagasaki | B&W |
Interview - Professor Gene Gregory, Sophia University, Tokyo
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Access No. 125175 | 14 secs | 1980s | Tokyo, Japan | © NFSA | Colour |
Photo - Thomas Edison in his laboratory
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Access No. 125176 | 9 secs | 1880s | USA | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Archival Footage - Old style electrical equipment
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Access No. 125177 | 6 secs | 1980s | © BBC | Colour |
Photo - CU old style electric light bulb pull out to Thomas Edison holding bulb
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Access No. 125178 | 8 secs | 1880s | USA | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Archival Footage - plasma in light bulbs - drawing of advertisement from 1880 showing baby with electricity in its hand
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Access No. 125179 | 13 secs | 1980s | USA | © BBC | Colour |
Woodblock - the first lamp post in Japan pan down to tram on the street in the Ginza district of Tokyo
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Access No. 125180 | 14 secs | 1880s | Tokyo, Japan | © Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tokyo | Colour |
Handpainting on Silk Cloth - Ext hall that was built for Japanese gentry to entertain in - with young couple wearing western style clothes in the the F/G
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Access No. 125181 | 10 secs | 1880s | Tokyo, Japan | © Gas Museum, Tokyo | Colour |
Woodblock - Japanese gentry ballroom dancing
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Access No. 125182 | 14 secs | 1880s | Tokyo, Japan | © Higuchi Collection, Tokyo | Colour |
Woodblock - Japanese women perform the dance of the stars & stripes
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Access No. 125183 | 7 secs | 1880s | Tokyo, Japan | © Mary & Jackson Bourke Collection, New York | Colour |
Interview - Professor Yoshio Sugimoto, La Trobe University, Melbourne
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Access No. 125184 | 1 min 11 secs | 1980s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Drawings - Japan at War against China over Korea- 1894 - ships at sea, explosions on ships, land battles as Chinese forts were captured, Japanese officers watching Chinese peasants pleading
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Access No. 125185 | 1 min 5 secs | 1890s | China | © Geoff Barnes | Colour |
Clip from Chinese feature film showing Imperial palace 1898 - subtitled in English
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Access No. 125186 | 1 min 19 secs | 1890s | China | © China Film Company | Colour |
Photo - ext Canton, tilt down to garden & gardener
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Access No. 125187 | 8 secs | 1890s | China | © Janet Lehr Gallery, New York | B&W |
Photo - Cantonese Mandarin and his wife seated in chairs
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Access No. 125188 | 6 secs | 1890s | China | © Royal Asiatic Society, London | B&W |
Photo - Chinese Family looking over balcony - 1875 - family walking under arches, Chinese children seated 1900's, 2 young children in traditional dress
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Access No. 125189 | 22 secs | 1880s | China | © Peabody Museum, Salem, USA | B&W |
Photo - Empress Dowager on couch & being carried - zoom into CU on her face
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Access No. 125190 | 22 secs | 1880s | China | © Freer Gallery of Art, Washington DC | B&W |
Interview - Professor Wang Gungwu, Vice Chancellor Hong Kong University
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Access No. 125191 | 29 secs | 1980s | Hong Kong | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival Footage Boxer Rebellion - pan along castle, US soldiers on horseback, US soldiers marching, Chinese people in streets, Contingent of the Imperial Japanese Army
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Access No. 125192 | 31 secs | 1900s | China | © China Documentary Unit | B&W |
Cartoon - showing Japanese representative trying to join the European Imperialist club
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Access No. 125193 | 13 secs | 1900s | © Yokohama Archives of History | B&W |
Cartoons - various showing the European carving up China for themselves and leaving Japan out of it
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Access No. 125194 | 36 secs | 1900s | © Yokahama Archives of History | B&W |
Photo - Yuwata Steel Works - a number of photos showing billowing smokestacks & smelters
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Access No. 125195 | 31 secs | 1900s | Yuwata, Japan | © Yuwata Steel, Japan | B&W |
Archival Footage - Krupp's arms factory, showing artillery being made,Japanese delegation arrives at Krupp's firing range, German artillery being fired for delegates,
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Access No. 125196 | 47 secs | 1900s | UK | © BBC / Imperial War Museum | B&W |
Cover of the Illustrated London News & illustrations depicting the Russo Japanese War
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Access No. 125197 | 36 secs | 1900s | UK | © State Library of NSW, Sydney | B&W |
Archival Footage - ships firing at each other around the time of the Russo Japanese War
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Access No. 125198 | 12 secs | 1900s | Japan | © BBC | B&W |
Illustration from the Illustrated London Times depicting the Russo Japanese war
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Access No. 125199 | 8 secs | 1900s | UK | © State Library of NSW | B&W |
Ext doors of building at Peking University - pan down to narrator John Merson talking to camera, ext university building with Merson in F/G, Merson to camera,
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Access No. 125200 | 56 secs | 1980s | Peking, Beijing, China | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival Footage - large group of students from Peking University (1919) in demonstration, banners & speakers - demonstrating against the terms of the Versailles Peace Treaty
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Access No. 125201 | 23 secs | 1910s | Peking, Beijing, China | © China Documentary Unit | B&W |
Archival Footage - int Palace of Versailles during the signing of the Versailles Treaty after WWI, delegates in hall. Peace Conference, Armistice
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Access No. 125202 | 15 secs | 1910s | VerSA, Australiailles, France | © Weintraub Entertainment - London | B&W |
Archival Footage - Peking university students demonstrate against the terms of the Versailles Peace Treaty
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Access No. 125203 | 11 secs | 1910s | Peking, Beijing, China | © China Documentary Unit | B&W |
Photo - Sun Yat Sen -1911 - a western trained physician
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Access No. 125204 | 9 secs | 1910s | Peking, Beijing, China | © The Historical Commission | B&W |
Archival Footage - people & rickshaws on the street, Chinese soldiers marching past official saluting, mortars fired
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Access No. 125205 | 29 secs | 1910s | China | © Danmarks Radio Distribution Section | B&W |
Archival Footage - Chinese soldiers firing machine guns, firing rifles
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Access No. 125206 | 5 secs | 1910s | China | © China Documentary unit | B&W |
Interview - Professor Wang Gungwu, Vice Chancellor Hong Kong University
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Access No. 125207 | 58 secs | 1980s | Hong Kong | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival Footage - Chinese soldiers walking under banner, crowd of soldiers sit under banners, Mao Tse Tung addressing crowd, WS crowd of soldiers seated on the ground, Poor children sleep & sit on ground, people with food bowls trying to get handouts of food
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Access No. 125208 | 27 secs | 1910s | China | © China Documentary Unit | B&W |
Interview - Professor Yoshio Sugimoto, La Trobe University, Melbourne
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Access No. 125209 | 1 min 10 secs | 1980s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival Footage - Truck with Japanese troops moves off - 1931 during occupation of Manchuria, soldier pushes plunger on dynamite
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Access No. 125210 | 17 secs | 1930s | Manchuria, China | © NHK | B&W |
Archival Footage - Explosion on hillside at open cut mine, mining equipment, iron ore falling
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Access No. 125211 | 17 secs | 1930s | Manchuria, China | © BBC | B&W |
Archival Footage - Steel making vats, Manchuria railway train, POV from moving train of factory
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Access No. 125212 | 16 secs | 1930s | Manchuria, China | © NHK | B&W |
Archival Footage - Interior of Nissan textile factory looms working, HA men sitting in round wheel working, LA wheel moves overhead
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Access No. 125213 | 15 secs | 1930s | Japan | © BBC | B&W |
Archival Footage - cars being manufactured using assembly line, hammering nails into roof of car & forcing the door to close
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Access No. 125214 | 19 secs | 1930s | Japan | © John E Allen | B&W |
Archival Footage - boats in Shanghai Harbour, HA dockside, Western men & woman talking, sitting at table outside, Chinese people eating, wealthy Chinese with beggar children, homeless woman & her family begging for money, beggar boy stopped at the door of a restaurant, men in factory rasping, molten steel poured, WS workers leaving factory
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Access No. 125215 | 1 min | 1930s | Shanghai, China | © China Documentary Unit | B&W |
Archival Footage - Japanese Foreign Minister Matsuoka speech to the League of Nations, walks out after withdrawing from the League - 1933
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Access No. 125216 | 40 secs | 1930s | Geneva, Switzerland | © National Archives, Washington, DC | B&W |
Archival Footage - 1937 - Japanese biplane, pilot gets into plane, plane takes off to invade China from Manchuria
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Access No. 125217 | 27 secs | 1930s | Manchuria, China | © NHK | B&W |
Archival Footage - Japanese ship crashing through waves
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Access No. 125218 | 4 secs | 1930s | Manchuria, China | © Shadow Play | B&W |
Archival Footage - Japanese sailors looking through binoculars, POV from battleship, aircraft on carrier, CU faces of pilots, planes made ready for take-off, plane (Zero) takes off from flight deck
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Access No. 125219 | 32 secs | 1930s | Manchuria, China | © NHK | B&W |
Narrator - John Merson talk to camera
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Access No. 125220 | 46 secs | 1980s | Japan | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival Footage - POV bomb dropped from plane, explosions on the ground in China, LA Japanese planes fly over, explosion
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Access No. 125221 | 11 secs | 1930s | China | © China Documentary Unit | B&W |
Archival Footage - Fall of Singapore - February 1942 - Japanese tanks roll into the city , MCU tank drivers, official car travels along road past allied prisoners of war, Japanese & British delegates meet & shake hands, (freeze frame) - closing credits run over all of this footage. WWII
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Access No. 125222 | 1 min 4 secs | 1940s | Singapore | © National Archives Washington | B&W |
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