# KNOW YOUR ENEMY JAPAN! WWII TRAINING & PROPAGANDA FILM 28232B

Produced by the Princeton Film Center in cooperation with the Institute of Pacific Relations, narrated by Radcliffe Hall and featuring text by Major George Fielding Eliot, "Know Your Enemy Japan!" attempts to answer such vital questions as: How large in the Japanese Empire? Is Japan self-sufficient in food? What is Japan's naval and military strength? What are the living standards of the Japanese people? What are Japan's vital weaknesses? How can Japan be defeated?" It includes footage of the Japanese invasion of China and the attack on Pearl Harbor. Shows the long history of Japanese expansion and military campaigns. Details how Japan is exploiting the natural resources of other Asian nations. This film represents the orientalist and racist opinions directed towards the Japanese people in World War II. The Princeton Film Center (PFC) was formed by Gordon Knox in 1941 in Princeton, New Jersey. Growing rapidly, in 1943 the Film Center settled in a larger house in Princeton Township with room for its expanding production and distribution services. In 1948 the Film Center moved again five miles from Princeton to a state-of-the-art facility, including its own theater, a five thousand square feet sound stage, an employees’ commissary and a wing dedicated to its film library and distribution department. The company produced many films during World War II, for entities such as the Institute of Pacific Relations, the CIAA, and Boeing Aircraft. The PFC distributed CIAA and Office of…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: War, Industrial and advertising, Propaganda
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/28232BKnowYourEnemyJapan)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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