International photographer (Jan-Dec 1941)

ered were great and often New York sending me on assignment, would think I could be there in a day or two, when it took me sometimes weeks before I could reach the place. During political unrest and constant changing of armies and due to the manner in which the various scenes that I photographed of Chinese war were used, with commentary entirely sympathetic to the Chinese people, my life became endangered because my pictures were undisputable proof of what was taking place and naturally forces opposing the Chinese could not have a very warm spot in their hearts for me, so I decided that it would be longer and healthier for me if I made my home in America, because when the insurance company in Tokyo began selling policies issued in time of 30, 60 and 90 days ... it was time to go some place and that place was not Shanghai. In the latest occupation of Shanghai, passes issued in the previous war by officers that now occupied commanding posts were useful. It was lucky for us that they used the same officers in both wars. However, those were the most exciting, destructive and yet most comfortable wars we ever had. Days in the trenches and nights in hotels and clubs with fellow cameramen or journalists, such as Joe Rucker of Paramount; Eric Mayell of Fox Movietone; Ariel Varges, Bonny Powell who took hand to hand fighting from the "Doomed Battalion"; Newsreeler Wong who nearly lost his head, but escaped to Hongkong; A. Alexander with Tappen, poor fellows who lost their lives while on the job; Paul Heise, ever smiling and friendly; big husky Mervyn Freeman who crossed the ocean to work in the war in 1932; Floyd Gibbons, the one-eyed reporter; Howard Winner, young and brave cameraman, who was replaced later by another ace, Norman Alley who photographed the sinking of the Panay. Yes, that was a great time and fine men we had there ! Political situations in China make my work there now more dangerous than machine gun bullets or bombings and so my company granted me "home leave." But I have no home. Thanks to my many American friends who helped me to get an immigrant quota visa, now I am here. In God's country, where people are free and friendly. My immediate plans are indefinite. However, it doesn't matter. What does matter is that I am on American soil, that I am in a free country and my wife and I are very happy. What may happen to us is all in the hands of God and our good friends. I know only this: that someday I'll find my little place under the friendly sun in America and here hope to make my home and be a good American citizen — a home in the country that I always have dreamed of. SWORDFISHING WITH SHACKELFORD Shackelford and his party off Piercy Rock, northwest New Zealand. It was here they caught the record swordfish of the trip. This rock juts up 400 feet out of the sea with nearly perpendicular sides. Seamen claim they have sighted with field glasses the Tuatara lizards on the two-acre flat top. This dinosaur-like animal is the oldest living creature on earth. Floods End Plans for Underground Premiere Warner Bros, has been obliged to cancel its plans for a premiere of "Underground" in the Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico. The studio has been notified by the Federal Government that flood waters inundated portions of the caverns and that the huge underground auditorium could not be dried completely before June 28, the date set for the film's national release. Fox Purchases "A House at Peace" A brilliant new novel on present-day England, "A House at Peace," was purchased by Darryl F. Zanuck, 20th Century-Fox production chief, from Charles Morgan, noted British author. The novel, bought as a vehicle for Henry Fonda, tells of England in the war, although there is no conflict in the story. It reflects the feeling of the war, how it was broken and disarranged the lives of all the people in England. International Photographer for July, 1941