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Warclouds in the Pacific

1941•21m•5.5/10
Documentary

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5.5/10(6)

This short film examines the Japan that emerged at the beginning of the 1900s and was firmly established as an industrialized nation by the outbreak of World War II. Facing the greatest threat in their history, the democracies of the Pacific took careful stock of this new Japan and its strength, and erected a vast system of defence across the world's greatest ocean.

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Production

ONF | NFB

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Lorne Greene

Lorne Greene

Narrator (voice)

Emperor Hirohito of Japan

Emperor Hirohito of Japan

Himself (archive footage)

Aisin-Gioro Puyi

Aisin-Gioro Puyi

Himself (archive footage)

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