1938 U.S. NAVY ASIATIC FLEET IN CHINA YANGTZE PATROL RIVER GUNBOATS 20460

This 1938 film "With the Yangtze Patrol" takes a look at the U.S. Navy's riverine operation along the Yangtze River. From 1854 to 1949 enacted to protect the Navy patrolled the coastal waters of China in a bid to extend U.S. economic interests including those of the Standard Oil Co. The Naval forces, including destroyers of the Asiatic fleet, were anchored in Shanghai near the mouth of the Yangtze River (:22).This…