# WORLD WAR II JAPANESE ARMY & NAVY FILM FORTRESS JAPAN 77524

Created in 1944 and presented by Hollywood motion picture studio United Artists, and released by the United States Navy, “The World In Action — Fortress Japan” opens with a flashback to Tokyo on December 7, 1941, and the narrator repeating a statement from Japan’s emperor, the Son of Heaven”: “We declare war on the United States and upon the Commonwealth and Empire of Great Britain. We rely upon the diligence of our subjects to ensure that in the coming struggle, our illustrious intentions shall not miscarry.” “Still vivid … are those early days of the war in the Pacific,” the narrator continues, as at mark 01:30 , a fleet of Japanese warships are shown at sea. The men were faced with desperate odds, yet were never willing to give up the fight. Footage of battles at sea light up the screen at mark 01:45 , as we’re told, “for every ship they sank, it seemed Japan could set 100 more upon the sea.” With one-fifth of the world’s population part of the Japanese Empire, we are informed at mark 02:25 , Japan seems to have an endless supply of natural resources to support their war effort. To drive home the point, the film flashes upon Japanese soldiers as they oversea the forced labor of civilians, given only the “cold myth of future co-prosperity” in repayment. “But today, the Japanese are driving their slave labor to the limit of endurance. Every mine, mill, and man they say must give the upmost in the shortest time,” we are told at mark 03:30 , as the film flashes scenes of…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: War, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/77524FortressJapan)
- 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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