JAPANESE BACKGROUND STUDY PROGRAM; NATURAL RESOURCES OF JAPAN: PART 2 Part 1

Description

Promotional Film Report: Examines the ability of war-time Japan to support itself with its own natural resources. Uses live photography, drawings, and animated maps. Shows Japanese cotton and silk textile industries; agricultural and forest resources; and lumber and fishing industry; iron ore production, coal industry, and mineral deposits; energy resources of oil and hydro-electric power; and worker productivity. Illustrates the basic Japanese diet. Shot of U.S. newspaper headline suggests the need to cut Japanese supply lines.

Collection

Records of the Office of Strategic Services

Series

Training Films, Instructional Films, and Film Reports Relating to World War II