Reel obsession

A Kailua woman's quest for a heroine turns up a long-lost film about China and its people amid war with Japan

By Mike Gordon

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Nov 18, 2012

~~<p>Every so often, as Raymond Scott grew up in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., his father would bring out a film that was made long before he settled down to raise a family.</p>
<p>The elder Scott would show it on one of those pop-up screens in the living room where his wife, four sons and, occasionally, the neighbors would watch transfixed. His film took them on a sweeping tour of China as the country fought the Japanese invasion in the late 1930s — from Hong Kong, the Burma Road, Tibet, on the march with guerrilla fighters and, for the last 20 minutes, to the city of Chongqing, as wave after wave of bombers dropped their loads on civilians below.</p>
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Every so often, as Raymond Scott grew up in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., his father would bring out a film that was made long before he settled down to raise a family.

The elder Scott would show it on one of those pop-up screens in the living room where his wife, four sons and, occasionally, the neighbors would watch transfixed. His film took them on a sweeping tour of China as the country fought the Japanese invasion in the late 1930s — from Hong Kong, the Burma Road, Tibet, on the march with guerrilla fighters and, for the last 20 minutes, to the city of Chongqing, as wave after wave of bombers dropped their loads on civilians below. Login for more...