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This clip is Part 1 of a 4-part film.
THE MASK OF NIPPON REEL I Part 1
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Signal Corps 111 ADC 2021 ADC SOURCE: United Artists "World in Action" Card 1 of 2 2021- FILM: ARCH DN & APC MP 820' ea COMPOSITE ENGLISH NARRATION "THE MASK OF NIPPON" Reel 1 Seq: Japanese soldiers run across field and cross river in boats. CUs, Japanese officer barking orders. MLS, Japanese soldiers trusting bayoneted rifles. Seq: Chinese civilians are beaten. Chinese child is caught on Japanese soldier's bayonet and hurled thru air, Civilians are buried alive. Women writhe in agony on ground. Chinese woman with her back torn open is placed on litter. AV, islands of Japan seen thru clouds. LS, CU, full screen view, smoking craters. Seq: Fertile landscapes and temples. Japanese women wash laundry in stream, Seq: Shinto priests renew their devotion to ruling house in outdoor ceremony. Pan, cherry blossoms in bloom. NOTE: Quality is grainy. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERB/es Signal Corps 111 ADC 2021 ADC SOURCE: United Artists "World in Action" Card 2 of 2 2021 FILM: ARCH DN & APC MP 820' ea COMPOSITE ENGLISH NARRATION "THE MASK OF NIPPON" (Cont'd) Reel 1 Seq: Samurai sword fight. (Cut from commercial feature) vs, Japanese girls play in garden, students attend class in embroidery. Views of bldgs on water's edge. Mt Fuji as seen from sea. VS, modern Japanese city seen from moving train. VS, streets of business section, city traffic, civilians in Western dress on city streets and in office bldgs. Ints, Stock Exchange. Industrial plants along river front. Ints, men and women at various occupations in factories. Pan, sampans in harbor. Cut to modern freighter on river. Neon signs on bldgs at night in Tokyo. Seq: Minister Hideki Tojo alights from car and poses with staff. Record Group 111 Accession Number 111-NAV-210 NOTE: Quality is grainy. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERB/es
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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer
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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities