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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, September 11, 1942
produced by France Actualites and Les Actualites Mondiales, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1942, originally published 1942), 15 mins
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produced by France Actualites and Les Actualites Mondiales, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1942, originally published 1942), 15 mins
Date Written / Recorded
1942
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Contributor
France Actualites, Les Actualites Mondiales
Date Published / Released
1942-09-11, 1942
Series
France Actualites
Topic / Theme
Military maneuvers, Invasions, Prisoners of war, Teachers, Childhood, Children's play, Athletic events, Public health, Navy ships, Funerals, 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 18, 1942
produced by France Actualites and Les Actualites Mondiales, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1942, originally published 1942), 15 mins
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produced by France Actualites and Les Actualites Mondiales, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1942, originally published 1942), 15 mins
Date Written / Recorded
1942
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Contributor
France Actualites, Les Actualites Mondiales
Date Published / Released
1942-09-18, 1942
Series
France Actualites
Person Discussed
Henri Philippe Petain, 1856-1951
Topic / Theme
Military homecomings, Exchange of prisoners, Heads of state, Bombardment, Athletic events, Religious rites and ceremonies, Mountain travel, Sieges, Invasions, Siege of Stalingrad, November 1942-February 1943, 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, October 2, 1942
produced by France Actualites and Les Actualites Mondiales, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1942, originally published 1942), 14 mins
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produced by France Actualites and Les Actualites Mondiales, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1942, originally published 1942), 14 mins
Date Written / Recorded
1942
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Contributor
France Actualites, Les Actualites Mondiales
Date Published / Released
1942-10-02, 1942
Series
France Actualites
Topic / Theme
Athletic events, Art exhibitions, Military casualties, Military training, Railroad building, Transcontinental railroad, Bombardment, Sieges, Naval battles, Invasions, Siege of Stalingrad, November 1942-February 1943, 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, October 9, 1942
produced by France Actualites and Les Actualites Mondiales, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1942, originally published 1942), 13 mins
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produced by France Actualites and Les Actualites Mondiales, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1942, originally published 1942), 13 mins
Date Written / Recorded
1942
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Contributor
France Actualites, Les Actualites Mondiales
Date Published / Released
1942-10-09, 1942
Series
France Actualites
Topic / Theme
Bombardment, War materiel, Submarines, Colonial populations, Prisoners of war, Art exhibitions, Vacation spots, Civilian war casualties, Public health, Athletic events, Invasions, Siege of Stalingrad, November 1942-February 1943, World War II, 1939-1945, 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, October 23, 1942
produced by France Actualites and Les Actualites Mondiales, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1942, originally published 1942), 15 mins
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produced by France Actualites and Les Actualites Mondiales, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1942, originally published 1942), 15 mins
Date Written / Recorded
1942
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Contributor
France Actualites, Les Actualites Mondiales
Date Published / Released
1942-10-23, 1942
Series
France Actualites
Topic / Theme
Military medals, Bombardment, Wartime economy, Harvesting, Athletic events, Playwrights, Plays, 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, October 30, 1942
produced by France Actualites and Les Actualites Mondiales, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1942, originally published 1942), 13 mins
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produced by France Actualites and Les Actualites Mondiales, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1942, originally published 1942), 13 mins
Date Written / Recorded
1942
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Contributor
France Actualites, Les Actualites Mondiales
Date Published / Released
1942-10-30, 1942
Series
France Actualites
Topic / Theme
Medical treatments and procedures, Imperialism, International trade, Gold mines and mining, Dams, Colonial populations, Blockades, Sieges, Naval battles, Submarines, Wartime economy, Hairstyles, Athletic events, Invasions, Siege of Stalingrad, November 1942-February 1943, 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, November 27, 1942
produced by France Actualites and Les Actualites Mondiales, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1942, originally published 1942), 14 mins
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produced by France Actualites and Les Actualites Mondiales, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1942, originally published 1942), 14 mins
Date Written / Recorded
1942
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Contributor
France Actualites, Les Actualites Mondiales
Date Published / Released
1942-11-27, 1942
Series
France Actualites
Topic / Theme
Military maneuvers, Sieges, Construction, Harvesting, Shoes and boots, Exchange of prisoners, Athletic events, Soldiers, Wounds and injuries, Invasions, Siege of Stalingrad, November 1942-February 1943, 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, February 19, 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
1943-02-19, 1943
Series
France Actualites
Person Discussed
Henri Philippe Petain, 1856-1951
Topic / Theme
Winter, Athletic events, Colonial populations, Mechanical repairs, Diet and food, Military alliances, Apprentices, Children, Humanitarian aid, Evacuations, Bombardment, Invasions, Heads of state, Operation Torch, North Africa, November 8-16, 1942, 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 19, 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
1943-03-19, 1943
Series
France Actualites
Topic / Theme
Athletic events, Military training, Military recruitment, Medical treatments and procedures, Tuberculosis, Civilian war casualties, Bombardment, Invasions, World War II, 1939-1945, German Invasion of Soviet Union, June 1941-1945, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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