John Magee's son David Magee (left) is giving the video camera to curator Zhu Chengshan of Memorial.

John Magee's son David Magee is in front of father's head portrait in Memorial.

John Magee's son David Magee (left) is greeting the survival Li Xiuying in Nanjing massacre.

Video camera, which was used to shoot city massacre proof of Japanese invaders in Nanjing by American priest John Magee 60 years ago, was donated to Nanjing Memorial Hall of Compatriots Murdered in the Nanjing Massacre by his son David Magee on October 3, 2002.

Curator Zhu Chengshan introduced at the donation ceremony that priest John Magee did missionary work in Nanjing from 1912 to 1940. During Nanjing massacre by Japanese invaders, he and Rabe founded Nanjing Safety International Committee and set up refugee hospital, saved and helped over 200 thousand Chinese army and people who faced slaughter. He also risked his life to secretly shoot the sanguinary atrocity of Japanese invaders in Nanjing massacre with a 16 millimeters video camera.

Zhu Chengshan said that this filmstrip was 105 minutes. It is the only active picture that reflects the historical fact of Nanjing massacre. Among these, 10 pictures were published in American "Life" magazine issued in May 1938 and shocked the world public opinions. In 1946, John Magee brought his own newsreel to bear witness to Nanjing massacre in Far East International Court-martial.

David Magee is retired vice-president of American Morgan Bank. He said: "at that time, a news institution paid 10 thousand USD buying the newsreel of atrocity by Japanese invaders shot by my father. But my father refused. He said that he didn't save money to shoot this film, but leave behind atrocity by Japanese invaders and make Nanjing massacre public."

David Magee is the eldest son. After John Magee died in 1953, he inherited his father's video camera and historical film, as well as his father's unfulfilled wish. In order to make the world know the fact of Nanjing massacre, he gave lectures in America and Canada, introduced historical facts of Nanjing massacre, offered his father's diary, letters and other historical materials for some writers, artists and historians and revealed atrocity of Japanese invaders.

At the donation ceremony, survivals Li Xiuying and Xia Shuqin in Nanjing massacre met with David Magee and his wife Francis Magee.