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Episode 22, Japan : 1941 - 1945

Item number (ISN):

436631

Series title:

The World at War

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1974

Item number (ISN):

436631

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, TELEVISION: OFF-AIR

Accession:

1977-0304

Media:

Video

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1974

Release date:

1977 ?

Production company:

Thames Production

Production credit:

director/producer, Hugh Ragett; executive producer, Jeremy Isaacs; scenario, Courtney-Browne; editing, David Taylor; music, Carl Davis; narrator, Lawrence Olivier

Country of production:

cn

Distributor name:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Description:

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The twenty-second episode in this television documentary serires looks at the war period in Japan between 1941 and 1945.~The following topics and events are covered: Japanese propaganda and morale; Japanese industrial might; Japanese civil defence; the Neighbourhood Association, or Tonari Buni; the preparation of children for the war effort; the Shinto religion and its part in Japanese war-time tenacity; the role of the Emperor in militarism and expansionism; Dolittle's Raid; Japanese women in the workforce; the concealment of the Battle of Midway; wartime shortages; the Battle of Saipon, the defence against the Americans; Japanese air pilots; the invasion of Okinawa; and the destruction of Japanese cities by aerial bombing.~The following shots, scenes and sounds are shown and heard: VE Day celebrations in Trafalgar Square; the presence of King George VI, Queen Mary, Winston Churchill, and Princess Elizabeth on a balcony at Buckingham Palace; a speech by Winston Churchill; a speech by Hideki Tojo; a Japanese prison camp exercise period; a patriotic Japanese song; the Emperor's wife visiting the wounded at a hospital; the state funeral of naval general Yamamoto; and Japanese kamikaze pilots at a rice wine drinking ceremony.~Comments are made by: T. Kase, Cabinet Secretary; N. Hoshino, Cabinet Member; and Y. Sanetmatsu, Commander of Navy Intellegence. <60mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Source of description: viewing of document.~2. Made in association with the CBC and produced with the cooperation of the Imperial War Museum.~3. Commercials include: Dristan; Dare cookies; Papermate Write Bros. pen.~4. Promos for CBC theatre series THE PLAY'S THE THING and the episode THE RONCARELLI AFFAIR and for the show RAILROADS EAST, RAILROADS WEST.

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Vault ISN:

563736

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V2 8007-0179

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

827437

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V2_8007-0179.mxf

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V2 8007-0179

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

834799

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V2_8007-0179.mp4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V2 8007-0179

Status:

REF
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD547

Restrictions on consultation:

~To be Determined / À déterminer

Donor restrictions:

The permission of the donor, the CBC, is required to reproduce this title.

Copyright status:

Under copyright.

Copyright owner:

Copyright owner: Thames Productions.

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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