... of nations depends on their possession of the metals vital in war". Film outlines Canada's contribution to the Allied war ... the 'Great Shield' area, and production by Canadian factories of war vehicles.

(Reel 1) Isolation of North (sleigh dog-team); ...

... look at "the storm centre of the war in the Far East".

Reel 1 explains ... face of difficulties (eg geographical) and opposition (reactionary war lords and pressure for swifter ... . Reel 2 traces the course of the war: Japanese reach objectives, but fail ...

... agents exchange words in the street before walking along the waterfront past Sikh guards. British posters exhort "Help win the war on the kitchen front" and "Keep it under your hat". Inside a customs post, presumably the New Territories border with ...

... Japanese Navy and Army they have shaken off the yoke and have entered into the Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere.

II. "The war in Greater Asia. Fall of Corregidor." Map of Manila Bay shows the strategic importance of Corregidor Island. Mitsubishi Ki-30s ...

... forces (at Yoyoki ?) on 8 January. Prodigious successes in first month of war have led to collapse of Anglo-American aspirations in East ... Chungking government which has long been pursuing a lost war. Bomb explosions in the town are clearly visible.

V. ...

... bomb explodes by bow of destroyer. First title states "the total success in battle of the Imperial Navy from the outbreak of war until 20 January 1942" over table of losses suffered by British and American fleets and air forces: 1061 ships and 2274 planes ...

... ) north of Bali. Ships take evasive action as bombs explode in sea nearby.

Notes

Acquisition: can is marked Jap War Material Roll 10135 Dup Neg, with label reading Royal Navy Film Section Library. US Naval Photographic Science Laboratory. NAS, ...

... attack on Pearl Harbor. Commentary announces that Nippon declared war on the USA and Great Britain on 8 December ... Imperial Air Squadron, in front of blackboard, delivers an address to pilots, "war heroes determined to respond to their country's call beyond ...

... suggest 5th Field Battery, Royal Artillery, part of the Burma Auxiliary Force, the only field artillery in Burma at the outbreak of war. The topis would also suggest an early date; they were disliked and soon replaced with bush hats.

Series note: ...

... ;). British Paramount News 1173, also known as Burma: A War Correspondent’s Despatch, was credited as being the ... Osborne (July 2010)

Allen, Louis, Burma: The Longest War 1941-5 (London and Melbourne: J. M. Dent & ...

... has been promised an air offensive on an unprecedented scale against her war industry. The offensive has been scientifically planned." Experts ... tyre factory near Paris, "forced to work for the German war machine". The Blenheim flies over the Seine and then ...

... operating in Britain at the outbreak of World War II. Between them these companies commanded ... relationships with Britain during World War II.

Rather than support the Allies ... from government at the outbreak of the War. 1942 had seen this situation ...