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Actualites Mondiales, Video: September 5, 1941
produced by Les Actualites Mondiales, in Actualites Mondiales (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1941, originally published 1941), 20 mins
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produced by Les Actualites Mondiales, in Actualites Mondiales (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1941, originally published 1941), 20 mins
Date Written / Recorded
1941
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Contributor
Les Actualites Mondiales
Date Published / Released
1941-09-05, 1941
Series
Actualites Mondiales
Topic / Theme
Bombardment, Lines of defense, War materiel, Rationing, Food supply, Camping, Youth, Athletic events, Public health, Vocational education, Unemployment, Political alliances, Invasions, German Invasion of Soviet Union, June 1941-1945, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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End of Empire
directed by Guo Fangfang; produced by Mashizan Masjum, fl. 2004, Four Square Productions and Crest Communications Production (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2002, originally published 2001), 1 hour 5 mins
This film tells the harrowing story of the Japanese occupation of Singapore from 1941-45. Archival film as well as fascinating interviews with two historians, Professors A. Jayathurai and Brian Farrell, relate the tragedy of this important theater of war. But it is the story of Alexander Colburn a young Scotsman w...
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directed by Guo Fangfang; produced by Mashizan Masjum, fl. 2004, Four Square Productions and Crest Communications Production (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2002, originally published 2001), 1 hour 5 mins
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This film tells the harrowing story of the Japanese occupation of Singapore from 1941-45. Archival film as well as fascinating interviews with two historians, Professors A. Jayathurai and Brian Farrell, relate the tragedy of this important theater of war. But it is the story of Alexander Colburn a young Scotsman who had recently signed on for a four-year stint as a pharmacist in the bustling colonial city that gives the dramatic history a persona...
This film tells the harrowing story of the Japanese occupation of Singapore from 1941-45. Archival film as well as fascinating interviews with two historians, Professors A. Jayathurai and Brian Farrell, relate the tragedy of this important theater of war. But it is the story of Alexander Colburn a young Scotsman who had recently signed on for a four-year stint as a pharmacist in the bustling colonial city that gives the dramatic history a personal dimension. Instead of enjoying a brilliant career in Singapore, Colburn witnessed its swift and violent end, as well as the symbolic end of the British Empire. In the 1930s it was widely believed that Singapore was an impregnable fortress. When the well-trained and equipped Japanese invaded Northern Malaya in 1941 shortly after Pearl Harbor, they easily defeated the under-prepared Indian, New Zealand and Australian troops who had joined the British there. When British officials realized Singapore would fall they evacuated the colonials, leaving the Chinese, Indian and Malay populations to fend for themselves. Throughout this Colburn worked as a medical volunteer, cleaning up the bodies left from Japanese bombing. Two British battleships were sunk with nine hundred British sailors lost and the British surrendered after six weeks. Under the Japanese occupation, one hundred thousand prisoners of war were arrested and imprisoned or executed in six weeks. Colburn was taken prisoner by the Japanese and spent four years in horrendous conditions, with almost no food or medicine available. He used his experience as a pharmacist to help his fellow inmates as much as he could. It is estimated that twenty to thirty thousand people perished in captivity. As Prof. Jayathurai says, "Churchill gave up Malaya for the defense of Europe. This was the end of the British Empire; everything after that was borrowed time." College Adult
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Mashizan Masjum, fl. 2004, Four Square Productions, Crest Communications Production, Eva Petryshen
Author / Creator
Guo Fangfang
Date Published / Released
2001, 2002
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Speaker / Narrator
Eva Petryshen
Topic / Theme
Air raids, Bombardment, Invasions, Massacres, Lines of defense, Military maneuvers, Military occupation, Military strategy, Prisoner of war camps, Prisoners of war, Torture, Civil defense, Japanese invasion of Singapore, February 8-15, 1942, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2002. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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France Actualites, April 2, 1943
produced by France Actualites and Les Actualites Mondiales, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1943, originally published 1943), 12 mins
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produced by France Actualites and Les Actualites Mondiales, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1943, originally published 1943), 12 mins
Date Written / Recorded
1943
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Contributor
France Actualites, Les Actualites Mondiales
Date Published / Released
1943-04-02, 1943
Series
France Actualites
Person Discussed
Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945
Topic / Theme
Lines of defense, War memorials, Athletic events, Vegetable gardens, Civilian war casualties, Bombardment, Spiritual leaders, Military parades, Police forces, Exchange of prisoners, Invasions, German Invasion of Soviet Union, June 1941-1945, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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France Actualites, April 9, 1943
produced by France Actualites and Les Actualites Mondiales, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1943, originally published 1943), 15 mins
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produced by France Actualites and Les Actualites Mondiales, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1943, originally published 1943), 15 mins
Date Written / Recorded
1943
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Contributor
France Actualites, Les Actualites Mondiales
Date Published / Released
1943-04-09, 1943
Series
France Actualites
Speaker / Narrator
Henri Philippe Petain, 1856-1951
Person Discussed
Henri Philippe Petain, 1856-1951
Topic / Theme
Civil defense, Civilian war casualties, Bombardment, Athletic events, Inventions, Film industry, Elections, Explosive mines, Military alliances, Lines of defense, Invasions, German Invasion of Soviet Union, June 1941-1945, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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France Actualites, September 10, 1943
produced by France Actualites and Les Actualites Mondiales, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1943, originally published 1943), 13 mins
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produced by France Actualites and Les Actualites Mondiales, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1943, originally published 1943), 13 mins
Date Written / Recorded
1943
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Contributor
France Actualites, Les Actualites Mondiales
Date Published / Released
1943-09-10, 1943
Series
France Actualites
Speaker / Narrator
Henri Philippe Petain, 1856-1951
Person Discussed
Henri Philippe Petain, 1856-1951
Topic / Theme
Lines of defense, Funerals, Civilian war casualties, Bombardment, Military promotions, Athletic events, War materiel, Shoemaking and repairing, Fuel, Medical treatments and procedures, Epidemics, Polio, Humanitarian aid, Invasions, German Invasion of Soviet Union, June 1941-1945, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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France Actualites, December 3, 1943
produced by France Actualites and Les Actualites Mondiales, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1943, originally published 1943), 14 mins
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produced by France Actualites and Les Actualites Mondiales, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1943, originally published 1943), 14 mins
Date Written / Recorded
1943
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Contributor
France Actualites, Les Actualites Mondiales
Date Published / Released
1943-12-03, 1943
Series
France Actualites
Topic / Theme
Funerals, Civilian war casualties, Evacuations, Fire fighters, Bombardment, Hunting, Art exhibitions, Tuberculosis, Medical treatments and procedures, Military training, Weapons testing, Lines of defense, Athletic events, Invasions, German Invasion of Soviet Union, June 1941-1945, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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France Actualites, January 7, 1944
produced by France Actualites, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1944, originally published 1944), 15 mins
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produced by France Actualites, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1944, originally published 1944), 15 mins
Date Written / Recorded
1944
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Contributor
France Actualites
Date Published / Released
1944-01-07, 1944
Series
France Actualites
Topic / Theme
Athletic events, Invasions, Lines of defense, Boxing, Manufactured material, Fruits, Imperialism, Civilian war casualties, Bombardment, German Invasion of Soviet Union, June 1941-1945, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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France Actualites, March 24, 1944
produced by France Actualites, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1944, originally published 1944), 23 mins
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produced by France Actualites, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1944, originally published 1944), 23 mins
Date Written / Recorded
1944
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Contributor
France Actualites
Date Published / Released
1944-03-24, 1944
Series
France Actualites
Person Discussed
Henri Philippe Petain, 1856-1951
Topic / Theme
Invasions, Lines of defense, Athletic events, Fundraising, Plays, Murder, Writers, Humanitarian aid, Evacuations, Funerals, Heads of state, Civilian war casualties, Bombardment, Battle of Anzio, Italy, January 22-June 5, 1944, German Invasion of Soviet Union, June 1941-1945, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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France Actualites, May 19, 1944
produced by France Actualites, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1944, originally published 1944), 16 mins
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produced by France Actualites, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1944, originally published 1944), 16 mins
Date Written / Recorded
1944
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Contributor
France Actualites
Date Published / Released
1944-05-19, 1944
Series
France Actualites
Person Discussed
Joan, of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431, Henri Philippe Petain, 1856-1951
Topic / Theme
Civilian war casualties, Military strategy, Invasions, Lines of defense, Military training, Military heroism, Bombardment, Heads of state, German Invasion of Soviet Union, June 1941-1945, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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