The archive, in place
Every place opens
another story.
Start with a familiar town or a distant coast. Find the films, historical lives and surviving records connected to each setting.
18 places21 filmsA world of evidence
Numbered places match the list below. Groups open a closer view.
Place 12 1930s regimental history
Shanghai
China
The Shanghai Bowl films connect the 31st Infantry’s time in China with the bowl and its cups. The regimental inventory lists Edwin J. MacNamara among the names engraved on Cup 27.
On the mapCity context for the regiment’s earlier history. Open the film’s source trail to inspect the Cup 27 inventory.
About this map and its geography
These are settings from the published films and person records. A pin can represent a town, island, installation or wider region; each place explains its scope. The stories belong to different people and periods.
Made with Natural Earth, 1:110m land and 1:50m Canary Island outlines. Public-domain coastline data, projected and rounded for this self-contained locator. The Canary Islands use finer 1:50m outlines. Coastlines provide modern geographic context; no political boundaries are drawn. Public-domain terms.
The Places in Their Time collection provides the archive’s separate queue for deeper historical place contexts.