Yangtze Patrol U.S. Navy
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Clips are not offered for this film: no licence or public-domain mark is recorded for it.
Low resolution (320×240): this is the archive's own copy.
Parts
About
This rare film features ships of the U.S. Asiatic fleet patroling the Yangtze River. The Asiatic Fleet's gunboats were tasked with protecting American shipping (primarily oil tankers) from pirates and the Japanese. Contains amazing footage of life in China circa 1935 including the cities of Chunking, Shanghai, and the countryside. Ships featured in this film are the USS Augusta (CA-31), USS Borie (DD-215) and USS Simpson (DD-221) as well as US gunboats.
- Archive
- Internet Archive, in Ephemeral films
- Licence or status
- The Internet Archive states none for this item.
- Credit
- PeriscopeFilm
- Language
- English
- Who can watch
- The archive gives no rating. Invisible Network shows it to Teens profiles and older, judged from its collection and subjects. How films are placed