Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Propaganda, Information, and Documentary Motion Pictures. 1942 - 1945. FORTRESS JAPAN

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Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Propaganda, Information, and Documentary Motion Pictures. 1942 - 1945. FORTRESS JAPAN

1944

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On the success of Allied tactics for attacking Japan. Reel 1, U.S. planes bomb and strafe Japanese shipping. Shows an amphibious landing on a Pacific island. Equipment moves on the Alcan Highway. Soldiers and pilots in the Aleutian Islands relax and fly bombers. Shows work on the Stilwell Road and trucks using the road. Includes scenes of Japanese occupation of China. Personages: Adm. Louis Mountbatten, Gen. Stilwell. Reel 2 shows agricultural, industrial, and constructural work of Chinese laborers under Japanese control. Scenes of Japan show a canning factory, a war plant, a shipyard, children working in fields, fishermen at work, a government lottery, and soldiers parading. Personages: Emperor Hirohito, Gen. Tojo.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6444970

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Stilwell, Joseph Warren, 1883-1946

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Joseph Warren Stilwell (March 19, 1883 – October 12, 1946) was a United States Army general who served in the China Burma India Theater during World War II. His caustic personality was reflected in the nickname "Vinegar Joe". He also had the nickname "Uncle Joe." Distrust of his Allies and a lack of resources meant Stilwell was continually forced to improvise. He famously differed as to strategy, ground troops versus air power, with his subordinate, Claire Chennault, who had the ear of Gen...

Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 1901-1989

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Tōjō, Hideki, 1884-1948

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Mountbatten of Burma, Louis Mountbatten, Earl, 1900-1979

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1916 midshipman; 1918 1st lieutenant; 1932 commander; 1942 chief of combined operations; 1942 acting vice-admiral; 1943 acting admiral and supreme commander designate, south east Asia; 1946 rear-admiral; 1947 Viceroy of India; 1947-1948 Govenor-general of India; 1949 vice-admiral; 1950 4th sea lord of the Admiralty; 1954 1st sea lord of the Admiralty; 1956 admiral of the fleet; 1959-1965 chief of defense staff; 1965 Governor of the Isle of Wight. Honours: 1920 MVO; 1922...