The Day Will Come

Series

Series Name

War Pictorial News

Issue

Issue No.

45

Date Released

9 Mar 1942

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Day Will Come

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

The Emperor of Japan; display of army tanks. Siam and Indo-China invaded by Japanese. Roosevelt speaks of American aim to increase production of war materials, planes, tanks etc. American production of shipping. US ships seen in combat with Japanese navy. Dutch airforce fights gallantly on against enemy. Commentary tells us that "the sun will set on the celestial empire of the little yellow man". Chinese manpower pitted against Japanese in jungle warfare. Shots of Chiang Kai-shek. Shots of Hitler; his Russian blunder. Barricades go up in Leningrad. Russian people prepare to fight it out to the bitter end. Working in factories; battleships firing; bombs exploding.

Keywords

Royalty; Politics and government; Ships and boats; Vehicles; Weapons; Industry and manufacture; Colonialism; Navy; Exile; Military

Credits:

Commentator

Rex Keating

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive

Email

film@iwm.org.uk

Web

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/film

Phone

020 7416 5291

Fax

020 7416 5379

Address

Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ

Notes

The IWM also preserves the original nitrate film copies for the World War II period of British Paramount News, Gaumont British News and Universal News.

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