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This clip is Reel 3, Part 2 of a 8-part film. Watch from the beginning

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NATURAL RESOURCES OF JAPAN Reel 3 · Part 2

Description

Summary: Reel 1 describes Japan's textile and lumber resources. Cotton and silk fabrics are woven. Cotton fields and mulberry plantations are cultivated. Shows bamboo, cypress, and coniferous forests. Trees are felled and transported. Reel 2, rice is planted, cultivated, and harvested. Tea is picked. Shows surf and deep-sea fishing. Fish is processed on a floating cannery. Iron ore is mined and smelted. Reel 3, copper bauxite, manganese, and coal are mined. Shows hydro-electric installations. Analyzes Japan's ability to wage modern war.

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Collection

Records of the Office of Strategic Services

Series

Motion Picture Films

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Date
1942–1945
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TRT
2:43