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Newsreel showing League of Nations, Japanese troops, Anschluss

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).

Film Title
The World at War
Genre
Documentary
Duration
00:07:36
Locale
Shanghai, China
Italy
Austria
Language
English
Genre/Form
Documentary.
Credit
Accessed at US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
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About This Film

Production Date
1942
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 File Number: 1512
Original Archive Number: 208.145 R-2

Rights and Restrictions

Copyright
No restrictions on use. Public Domain
 
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