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Historical Images from 'Braving the Storm: Hong Kong under Japanese Occupation' Exhibition
All-round support
Group photograph of the medical team sent by the ‘Hong Kong Chinese Medical Association’ (now the Hong Kong Medical Association) to Shanghai before they set off to help rescue injured soldiers following the Incident of 28 January in 1932. Famous film star Nancy Chan sells ‘save-the-nation flowers’ to raise funds for the anti-Japanese efforts.
Image is provided by Prof. Shi Xiaojing. Image is provided by the Hong Kong Culture Association.
Support from academic sector
Second executive committee of the Hong Kong Students’ Joint Relief Union, 1938 Chen Junbao (first from left), Ma Jian (second from left) and Xu Dishan (fifth from left) with teaching staff and students of the University of Hong Kong, October 1940.
Images are provided by the Hong Kong Culture Association.
Renowned cultural figures in Hong Kong
Ye Qianyu, Edgar P. Snow, Israel Epstein, Jin Zhonghua and Zhang Guangyu (from the left) at the venue of the Modern Chinese Comics Exhibition held in Hong Kong in 1939 to showcase the comics with the theme of the War of Resistance. The painting Put Down Your Whip by Xu Beihong based on Wang Ying, the female protagonist of the play of the same name, which he painted and went on to hold charity exhibitions of his works in Hong Kong and Singapore, among other places, in support of the relief efforts for the War of Resistance.
Xu Dishan, head of the Department of Chinese, the University of Hong Kong, delivers a speech at the charity performance of a film Confucius hosted by the Hong Kong Chinese Women War Relief Association on 29 May 1941. Many cultural figures gathered in Hong Kong. From the left: Chen Gexin, Qu Baiyin, Xia Yan, Ding Cong, He Xiangning, Hong Qiu, Liao Mengxing and Ouyang Yuqian in 1941.
Lai Man-wai, known as the father of Hong Kong cinema, joined battle with his camera in the War of Resistance Against Japan. His work The Battle of Shanghai was hailed as a vital work in the awakening of the patriotic spirit.
Images are provided by the Hong Kong Culture Association.
Hong Kong’s defences before the war
The troops defending Sai Wan Fort step up their readiness for war in a drill ahead of the Japanese invasion.
Image is provided by the Hong Kong Culture Association.
The Battle of Hong Kong
Japanese leaflet entitled “Stop Useless Resistance” dropped on Hong Kong from the air, December 1941.
Image is provided by the Government Records Service. If you wish to use the image, you must submit an application in writing to the Government Records Service.
The Hong Kong Battalion of the Dongjiang (East River) Column
Commander Zeng Sheng of the Dongjiang Column (centre) bids farewell to Lieutenant Donald W Kerr (left) of the American Volunteer Group (the Flying Tigers), who had been rescued by guerrillas of the Dongjiang Column after being shot down by Japanese forces during a bombing mission over Hong Kong. General Ritchie, the representative of the British army in Hong Kong, presents a pennant bearing the Chinese characters for ‘Loyalty, Courage, Honesty and Love’ to the villagers of Sai Kung on 12 April 1947 in honour of their contributions during the Japanese occupation.
Images are provided by the Hong Kong Culture Association.
Photograph of Professor Lindsay Ride (centre, front row) of the University of Hong Kong and students of the medical school taken in 1941. Ride escaped from the POW camp in Sham Shui Po and fled to the Mainland with the help of the Dongjiang Column in 1942. He founded the British Army Aid Group the following year to rescue British soldiers and civilians in the Mainland and at the same time to conduct anti-Japanese intelligence work for the Allies.
Image is provided by the Hong Kong Museum of History.