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The World at War

Film | Accession Number: 1994.119.1 | RG Number: RG-60.1028 | Film ID: 929

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).


Duration
00:07:36
Date
Production:  1942
Locale
Shanghai, China
Italy
Austria
Language
English
Genre/Form
Documentary.
Credit
Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration

About This Film

Contributor
Producer: United States Office of War Information
B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Good
Time Code
02:47:29:00 to 02:55:05:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 929 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 929 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Special Collection
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Film Provenance
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in September 1994.
Note
Distributed by the War Activities Committee of the Motion Picture Industry. Copyright 1942.
Other credits:
Narrator: Paul Stewart
Editor: Gene Milford
Writer: Samuel Spewack
Copied From
35mm; b/w; composite
Film Source
United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number
Legacy Database File: 1512
Source Archive Number: 208.145 R-2

Rights and Restrictions

Copyright
Public Domain
Conditions on Use
To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this material.
 
Record last modified: 2021-06-03 12:42:30
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