Japanese Background Study Programme Part 2 - Natural Resources of Japan 1939-1945 R2 of 2

Japanese Background Study Programme Part 2 - Natural Resources of Japan 1939-1945 R2 of 2 Mining scenes cont’d. Good shot of coal miners packed into string of mine cars going down slope at entrance to mine. Drilling coalface. Map of Japan showing coal deposit locations. Water power - vars scenes at large hydro-electric plants. Map showing oil regions of Japan. Oilfield shots - refinery. VO “The Mikado has expressed vital concern over the scarcity of materials” - animation illustrating how domestic metallic minerals meet 10% of war requirements. Animation hydropower running low. 11:26:40 Japanese work in printing factory, radio station, steelworks, construction, farming, fishing. Women working in typing pool; manufacturing glassware; painting dolls; VO “unmarried women of twelve to forty are subject to conscription. They leave the mills & factories when they marry, but even then they are apt to turn their energies to home industries”. Corresponding shots of Japanese women serving tea to family, at spinning wheel etc. 11:28:01 Animation of Japanese male figure “Ogura” standing astride Japan in soldier’s uniform - zoom out to show foreign territories w/ minerals pouring back into Japan. Cut to CU Los Angeles Times headline ‘Jap Supply Lines Blasted’; cut back to cartoon of Ogura standing astride Japan now in just a loincloth, mineral resources vanished - VO “This is where Ogura came in”. The End. Economics. Raw Materials. War Production. War Effort. Japanese Home Front. Petroleum; Propaganda; WWII;