April 6: We shot light batteries for cannons 7% cm.—very typical on the border of the village. Arriving troops for reinforcements. Good shots The Chinese shooting. This shooting puts to flames a village that the Japanese have, but it was so far that April 8: Very early we go back to Tsaierschuang. This time we have also a big camera. No danger tha the Japanese will come back today With all our film at the front you have to understand that this is not exactly a stationary kind of war as it was in Spain, but here is guerrilla fighting and mobile wa: fare.
April 10: We are still asking 10 Be sent to the front so that we can shoot real action to complete the scene we have from the Tsaierschuang battle, so that we can be sure that our cutting is going to be perfect.
April 11: In the afternoon we get on horseback. We shoot a few things—a transport of wounded soldiers and refugees in the wheat fields is of very good quality.
April 14: We film the general in his headquarters with the staff members. It is very good. Later on we slay poker with the general. Am I gore to play poker? I want to go to he front. At night we go back by rain to Hsuchow, and I am planning to go from there straight to Hankow
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