Shanghai Express is a 1932 film about a group of train passengers held hostage by a warlord during the Chinese Civil War. Marlene Dietrich, plays the part of the notorious Shanghai Lily.
Shanghai Express, 1932
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L’indochine Francaise, 1931
French Indochina, Cochinchine. Arroyo
Tourist poster published by the General Government of Indochina in 1931.
Far East, 1943
Insert from 1943 Newsmap article showing the far east. UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.
Shanghai, 1932
Peking – The Red Forbidden City
From Madrolle’s Guide Books: Northern China, The Valley of the Blue River, Korea. Hachette & Company, 1912.
Canton Merchant’s House
From A History Of Architecture On The Comparative Method by Sir Fletcher Banister, 1928
The 6th Year of War in China… 1942
The “China Clipper”
China Clipper (NC14716) was the first of three Martin M-130 four-engine flying boats built for Pan American Airways and was used to inaugurate the first commercial transpacific airmail service from San Francisco to Manila in November 1935. (Wikipedia)
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High Road to China, 1983
