Creator(s): Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 9/18/1947-2/28/1964  (Most Recent)
Series: Orientation Films, 1942 - 1949
Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985

Date: 1944

Scope & Content (Historic): Documentary: Reviews its history, and philosophical and religious concepts. Reel 1 describes its history and descent of its emperor; importance of Shintoism; rise of Shogun and their Bushido code; isolationism; and trade agreement made by Comdr. Matthew Calbraith Perry; and government reorganization. Reel 2 traces its modernization through World War II. Government control of education; social and economic distinctions; invasion of Formosa, 1894, and Korea, 1910; Russo-Japanese War, 1904; World Wars I & II; bombings of Pearl Harbor and Japan. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright's surrender; Japanese atrocities; Manila's destruction; battles of Corregidor and Okinawa; Gen. Douglas MacArthur's return to Philippines.

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