Heroes of the Eastern Skies (Chinese: 筧橋英烈傳; lit. 'Heroic Martyrs of Jianqiao'; pinyin: jianqiao yinglie zhuan), is a Chinese war drama filmed in Taiwan, R.O.C. and based on the true story of a small group of Chinese flying aces in 1937 at the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War, specifically depicting events in the Battle of Shanghai, Battle of Nanking and the Battle of Taierzhuang; the movie was released on 7 July 1977 in commemoration of the 7/7 Incident which sparked the start World War II in Asia.