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Enemy Japan, The - Pt. 1: The Land

Reel Number: 221475-03

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1940s

Country: Japan

Location: Tokyo

TC Begins: 14:22:04

TC Ends: 14:32:11

Duration: 00:10:07

Enemy Japan, The - Pt. 1: The Land Produced by March of Time for US Navy Narrated by Joseph Grew, Amb. to Japan 14:22:35 Grew standing in front of map of Japan “You are about to see... We have got to understand them thoroughly... ...a fanatical people, determined to conquer the world have built an empire strong enough to come within reach of this ambition.” 14:23:46 Mt. Fuji seen across lake, man rowing boat. Pagoda, Buddhist statue. Palace. Tokyo street scenes w/ pedestrians; kids looking at whirly-gigs. Map showing Tokyo’s location & distances to Berlin, Moscow & San Francisco, Panama, Dutch Harbor. Animation to compare size of California & Japan. 14:25:30 Large office or factory buildings seen across canal or river. Street cars, traffic. Railroad Station (?) ext. Bridges, docks & moving goods onto barge. Loading freighter. Mitsubishi Warehouse. Harbor activity. 14:26:39 Fishing village, men mending nets, pulling in nets, drying fish n trays. Mountains, house w/ poles on steep rocks. Village in valley. Farmers plowing w/ oxen; herding sheep into pen. Planting rice, walking on irrigation pump wheel. Harvesting grain. Map showing natural resources. 14:29:23 Hydroelectric power w/ waterfall, electric railroad & routes shown on map. Electric passenger trains past. Heavy industry in Kyushu, steel making, artillery gun barrel moved by crane; lathe turning barrels. Factory interior & shells, torpedos & other armarments stacked. 14:31:27 Japanese shipyard & large navy ship launchings; sailors watching. The End. WWII Analysis; American Propaganda; Anti-Japan; WW2;

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