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This Was Japan

Item number (ISN):

323417

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1945/1946 ?

Item number (ISN):

323417

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA / OFFICE NATIONAL DU FILM DU CANADA: NON NFB FILMS

Accession:

1979-0210

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1945/1946 ?

Production company:

Crown Film Unit

Production credit:

editing, Alan Osbiston; Terry Trench; commentator, Esmond Knight; music, Ben Frankel; sound recordist, Ken Cameraon

Description:

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THIS WAS JAPAN is about Japan after the Second World War. This film is presented through montage as the offscreen narrator discusses Japanese culture in isolation before 1853, when Westerners made contact. Peasants are shown working on farmland. A look back at Japanese culture and history over the past eighty years is juxtaposed with footage of people working in factories while the offscreen narrator tells of how the Japanese quickly learned of the scieries and modern technologies. There is discussion and footage illustrating the belief in Shinto and the Samurai and how this led to rapid military growth. Women and young children are also seen taking part in the military. Footage of the Emperor Matarasu and the leading politicians at the time are interspersed with footage of marching Japanese and German troops. The film shows some battles with the Japanese in the air and the British at sea. At the end, a British naval force is shown while the offscreen narrator discusses how the British and their Allies will make efforts to bring peace and democracy to Japan. <11mn 39s>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. No production date or release date shown on screen.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

178608

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8208-0039

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

354018

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7906-2019

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Max. shrinkage:

1.1%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8208-0039

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD579

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Reproduction access:

With written permissions / Avec les permissions écrites

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