This is a WWII black and white film was produced by The March of Time under the supervision of The Bureau of Aeronautics. Part I is an introduction to the topography, resources and industries of Japan. There are 3 films intended to help America “size up, our enemy, Japan”. Narrated by the honorable Joseph C. Grew, United States Ambassador to Japan, 1932-1941. It opens with narrator speaking to the camera, :48. Mount Fuji, 1:50. Japanese temples and statues, 2:05. Downtown Japan, 2:28. Illustration of globe showing the position of Japan and Tokyo is highlighted, 2:44. Map illustration of the size of Japan versus California, 3:30. Japanese shipping ports and freight ships, dockworkers are shown, 4:20. Fishing villages and fisherman stacking and drying fish, 4:54. Mountainous areas are shown, 5:25. Valley homes and plains, farming lands, 6:00. Farming and livestock, 6:20. Rice paddies and rice cultivation, 6:35. Mineral resources map illustration showing coal, copper, iron, oil and sulphur mines, 6:58. Train and railroad systems, 8:00. Steel and iron factories, 8:35. Building war machines, bombs and military equipment, 9:10. Launching of a warship ceremony, 9:41. The Japanese navy and its warships flying the Japanese flag, 9:55. Part II is the story of a “fanatical enemy”. It opens with narrator speaking to the camera, 10:43. The emperor riding a horse, 12:00. The army marching in the streets of Japan, 12:25. Electric trolley cars, 13:00. Japanese subway, 13:28. Scenes from inside a Japanese bank with bankers and currency footage, 14:10. Man counting on an abacus in front of a safe in a Japanese bank, 14:27. Businessmen reading a ticker tape, 14:34. Tokyo stock exchange, 14:43. Scenes from Japanese industry, 15:00. Japanese politicians, 15:35. Japanese theatres with choreographed dancing, audiences watch the actors, 16:05. Japanese newspaper offices and propaganda posters, 16:35. Printing presses and press workers, 16:50. Japanese military man at the radio microphone, 17:20. Japanese peasants working in dire conditions, 17:38. Farmers building crude houses, 18:05. Japanese farming grains, 18:35. Japanese tilling farmland, 19:00. Workers in homes are turned into miniature factories, 20:00. Family shares a meal, 20:25. Earthquake footage, 20:44. Mills and factories with workers manning machines; women workers, 21:30. Factory workers using imported raw materials, 22:20. Monks ringing large bell, 22:35. Temples and religious men and women, 23:10. Japanese school children in military uniforms, 23:50. Japanese toddlers exercising, 24:10. War destruction footage, 24:30. Dead bodies being carried away, 24:50. Japanese schools and students with teachers, 25:10. Students learning about Japanese military heritage, 25:40. Japanese troops in training, 26:05. Troops drilling with guns, 26:40. Japanese youth eating together, 27:20. Japanese military training, 28:15. Japanese troops drilling in the field, 28:45. Japanese flag waves, 29:20.

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