Biography: Madame Chiang Kai-Shek
Biography: Madame Chiang Kai-Shek
RESEARCHERS, CHECK RESTRICTIONS. ON PREVIEW CASSETTE 210393 Tight LS of Madame being honored in the US House of Representatives. CU's of the youthful and beaming Madame.......... opening credits and Wallace's intro.......... 1920 newsreel of the Man-Chu Dynasty and the birth of the Nationalist Party: hazy EST shots of vaguely Chinese monuments, followed by MS's of political speakers speaking to crowds of men, then MS's of CHIANG KAI-SHEK (JIANG JIESHI) walking with fellow Nationalist soldiers.......... stills of Madame (aka MAY LING) as a young woman. Newsreel of her marriage to Chiang Kai-Shek.......... newsreel of Nationalist soldiers battling in rural fields, squashing political rebellions. Montage of likeable Madame (a former social worker) visiting Chinese hospitals, inspecting surgical tools, meeting with kids, tossing a ball with them.......... 1937 newsreel of Japan invading China: MS of bombs being released from bomber; MS's of people fleeing city, taking shelter; LS's of explosions, building facades crumbling. MS of Madame's appeal to the United States, intercut with tight LS's of damage control and MS's of people weeping over the dead and dying. MS's and tight LS's of soldiers battling on the front. MS's of large crowd of Chinese refugees scrambling for meager subsidies (namely, food) at an encampment.......... newsreel of THE RAPE OF NANKING (Japanese soldiers raising flags, breaking into and looting homes, beating residents; panning LS's of corpses (animals and human) littering the streets. MS's of retreating Chinese setting fire to fields. MS's and LS's of people fleeing Chinese coastal towns en masse. CU's of sad children, some crying. MS's of roundshouldered POWs slumped near a wall, Jap captors walking by.......... MS's of Chiang and Madame at home, playing with their rambunctious dog. MS's of them meeting with Allied diplomats after the attack on Pearl Harbor. MS's and CU's of Chiang meeting with US General JOSEPH STILWELL. MS's of WENDELL WILLKIE meeting with Madame in China.......... newsreel of Madame visiting the White House, meeting with ELEANOR and FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT, and speaking at the House. She then tours the nation, meeting with politicians and speaking at benefits.......... 1945 newsreel of Chiang and Madame returning to Nanking after the formal Japanese surrender (followed by shots of the couple relaxing at various scenic spots). MS and CU of MAO TSE-TUNG (ZEDONG) at his mountain retreat, followed by a montage of Chinese Communist forces mounting an attack on the Nationailst army. MS of GEORGE MARSHALL arriving in China, meeting with Madame and representatives of opposing sides, culminating in the truce signing. MS montage of the inflated Chinese economy (the currency is suddenly and grotesquely unstable).......... 1949 newsreel of Madame arriving at the White House to meet with President HARRY S. TRUMAN; her appeal is turned down. Newsreel of chaos in Shanghai, the last Nationalist stronghold on the mainland: MS's of state police executing several suspected Communists in crowded streets (graphic depiction of the bound men shot in the back of the head). MS's of Mao arriving in conquered Shanghai. MS of Madame talking about the fight they mus carry on, and the shame Britian had bestowed by formally acknowledging the Communist government.......... tight LS's and MS's of male and female Nationalist soldiers training in Taiwan. 1950 newsreel of American arms flooding Taiwan at outset of the Korean War (conflict)........... Wallace's closing comments, end credits.