Newsreel showing League of Nations, Japanese troops, Anschluss

Identifier
irn1001246
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.119.1
  • RG-60.1028
Dates
1 Jan 1942 - 31 Dec 1942
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • United States Office of War Information (Producer)
  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference

Scope and Content

Reel 2 shows a League of Nations meeting and, later, Japan's delegates leaving after resigning. Japanese troops enter Shanghai. Shows fighting in China and Japanese air raid. Shows peaceful Japanese scenes and ceremonies at a baseball game. Hirohito reviews troops. Mussolini addresses a throng; Italy invades Ethiopia; Haile Selassi rallies his people. An Italian representative speaks in Japan. Germany marches into Austria (March 1938).

Note(s)

  • Distributed by the War Activities Committee of the Motion Picture Industry. Copyright 1942. Other credits: Narrator: Paul Stewart Editor: Gene Milford Writer: Samuel Spewack

Subjects

  • ETHIOPIA
  • MUSSOLINI, BENITO
  • JAPAN
  • MILITARY ADVANCES
  • AUSTRIA
  • INVASIONS
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (JAPANESE)
  • ITALY
  • CROWDS

Places

  • Shanghai, China
  • , Italy
  • , Austria

Genre

  • Film
  • Documentary.
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