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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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![Incoming Message from 15 Army GP to CG Fifth Army [Personal for Gen. Truscott], May 4, 1945](https://d3crmev290s45i.cloudfront.net/content/1007867xxx/1007867961/1007867961-size-exact-140x0.jpg "Incoming Message from 15 Army GP to CG Fifth Army [Personal for Gen. Truscott], May 4, 1945")
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Incoming Message from 15 Army GP to CG Fifth Army [Personal for Gen. Truscott], May 4, 1945
in Records of U.S. Army Operational, Tactical, and Support Organizations (World War II and Thereafter) (RG338), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (04 May 1945), Box 1, Folder 56-8-12-125 , 2 page(s)
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in Records of U.S. Army Operational, Tactical, and Support Organizations (World War II and Thereafter) (RG338), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (04 May 1945), Box 1, Folder 56-8-12-125 , 2 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
04 May 1945, 1945
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Topic / Theme
France and its Borders, Military occupation, Military maneuvers, World War II, 1939-1945, Politics & Policy, French, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Memo from Colonel T. J. Conway to the Commanding General, Fifth Army, May 15, 1945
written by Theodore J. Conway, 1909-1990, in Records of U.S. Army Operational, Tactical, and Support Organizations (World War II and Thereafter) (RG338), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (15 May 1945), French-Italian Border Dispute Correspondence, Franco-Italian Border Dispute, June - July 1945 , 3 page(s)
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written by Theodore J. Conway, 1909-1990, in Records of U.S. Army Operational, Tactical, and Support Organizations (World War II and Thereafter) (RG338), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (15 May 1945), French-Italian Border Dispute Correspondence, Franco-Italian Border Dispute, June - July 1945 , 3 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
15 May 1945, 1945
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
Theodore J. Conway, 1909-1990
Person Discussed
Paul-Andre Doyen, 1881-1974
Topic / Theme
France and its Borders, Military occupation, Political boundaries, Military maneuvers, Politics & Policy, Italians, French, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Memo from Colonel T. J. Conway to the Commanding General, Fifth Army, May 15, 1945
written by Theodore J. Conway, 1909-1990, in Records of U.S. Army Operational, Tactical, and Support Organizations (World War II and Thereafter) (RG338), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (15 May 1945), French-Italian Border Dispute Correspondence, Franco-Italian Border Dispute, June - July 1945 , 3 page(s)
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written by Theodore J. Conway, 1909-1990, in Records of U.S. Army Operational, Tactical, and Support Organizations (World War II and Thereafter) (RG338), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (15 May 1945), French-Italian Border Dispute Correspondence, Franco-Italian Border Dispute, June - July 1945 , 3 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
15 May 1945, 1945
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
Theodore J. Conway, 1909-1990
Person Discussed
Paul-Andre Doyen, 1881-1974
Topic / Theme
France and its Borders, Military occupation, Political boundaries, Military maneuvers, Politics & Policy, Italians, French, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Memo from Truscott to Crittenberger, May 5, 1945
written by Lucian Truscott, Jr., 1895-1965, in Records of U.S. Army Operational, Tactical, and Support Organizations (World War II and Thereafter) (RG338), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (05 May 1945), Box 1, Folder 56-8-12-125 , 2 page(s)
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written by Lucian Truscott, Jr., 1895-1965, in Records of U.S. Army Operational, Tactical, and Support Organizations (World War II and Thereafter) (RG338), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (05 May 1945), Box 1, Folder 56-8-12-125 , 2 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
05 May 1945, 1945
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
Lucian Truscott, Jr., 1895-1965
Topic / Theme
France and its Borders, Military occupation, Military maneuvers, World War II, 1939-1945, Politics & Policy, Moroccans, French, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Memorandum for the Officer in Charge re: Preliminary Situation Report, May 10, 1945
written by Nicholas A. Natsios, 1920-2004, in Records of U.S. Army Operational, Tactical, and Support Organizations (World War II and Thereafter) (RG338), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (1945), Box 1, Folder 56-8-12-T , 7 page(s)
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written by Nicholas A. Natsios, 1920-2004, in Records of U.S. Army Operational, Tactical, and Support Organizations (World War II and Thereafter) (RG338), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (1945), Box 1, Folder 56-8-12-T , 7 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
1945
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
Nicholas A. Natsios, 1920-2004
Topic / Theme
France and its Borders, Blockades, Crossing borders, Military occupation, World War II, 1939-1945, Geography, Politics & Policy, Italians, French, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Nippon News, Number 064, Nippon News, No. 064, August 26, 1941
produced by Nippon News, in Nippon News, Number 064 (Tokyo Metropolis: NHK International Inc., 1941, originally published 1941), 9 mins
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produced by Nippon News, in Nippon News, Number 064 (Tokyo Metropolis: NHK International Inc., 1941, originally published 1941), 9 mins
Date Written / Recorded
1941
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Contributor
Nippon News
Date Published / Released
1941-08-26, 1941
Publisher
NHK International Inc.
Series
Nippon News
Topic / Theme
Bombardment, Railroad building, Ambassadors, Military occupation, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1941. Used by permission of NHK International Inc.
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Nippon News, Number 065, Nippon News, No. 065, September 2, 1941
produced by Nippon News, in Nippon News, Number 065 (Tokyo Metropolis: NHK International Inc., 1941, originally published 1941), 9 mins
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produced by Nippon News, in Nippon News, Number 065 (Tokyo Metropolis: NHK International Inc., 1941, originally published 1941), 9 mins
Date Written / Recorded
1941
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Contributor
Nippon News
Date Published / Released
1941-09-02, 1941
Publisher
NHK International Inc.
Series
Nippon News
Topic / Theme
Bombardment, Military occupation, Coal, Political boundaries, Ambassadors, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1941. Used by permission of NHK International Inc.
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Nippon News, Number 066, Nippon News, No. 066, September 9, 1941
produced by Nippon News, in Nippon News, Number 066 (Tokyo Metropolis: NHK International Inc., 1941, originally published 1941), 9 mins
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produced by Nippon News, in Nippon News, Number 066 (Tokyo Metropolis: NHK International Inc., 1941, originally published 1941), 9 mins
Date Written / Recorded
1941
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Contributor
Nippon News
Date Published / Released
1941-09-09, 1941
Publisher
NHK International Inc.
Series
Nippon News
Topic / Theme
War materiel, Funerals, Military occupation, Bombardment, Track and field sports, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1941. Used by permission of NHK International Inc.
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Nippon News, Number 071, Nippon News, No. 071, October 14, 1941
produced by Nippon News, in Nippon News, Number 071 (Tokyo Metropolis: NHK International Inc., 1941, originally published 1941), 9 mins
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produced by Nippon News, in Nippon News, Number 071 (Tokyo Metropolis: NHK International Inc., 1941, originally published 1941), 9 mins
Date Written / Recorded
1941
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Contributor
Nippon News
Date Published / Released
1941-10-14, 1941
Publisher
NHK International Inc.
Series
Nippon News
Topic / Theme
Military occupation, Bombardment, Rubber industry, Harvesting, Rice, Second Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1941. Used by permission of NHK International Inc.
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