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On December 8, 1941, Disney studios were essentially converted into a propaganda machine for the United States government. While most World War II films were created for training purposes, films such as Victory Through Air Power were created to catch the attention of government officials and to build public morale among the U.S. and Allied ...
There are Japanese caricatures and depictions of the Imperial Japanese Military. There is also a reference to Japanese emperor Hirohito. [2] The Japanese soldiers speak in stereotypical dialect and advocate firing the first shot at a man's back. [3] The gag with the enemy soldier disguised as a tree can be traced back to Shoulder Arms (1918).
Japanese propaganda poster featuring Japanese agrarian immigrants in Manchukuo, designed for a Westerner audience. The Allies were also attacked as weak and effete, unable to sustain a long war, a view at first supported by a string of victories. [176] The lack of a warrior tradition such as bushido reinforced this belief. [177]
Momotaro: Sacred Sailors (桃太郎 海の神兵, Momotarō: Umi no Shinpei) [2] is the first Japanese feature-length animated film. [3] It was directed by Mitsuyo Seo, who was ordered to make a propaganda film for World War II by the Japanese Naval Ministry. Shochiku Moving Picture Laboratory shot the 74-minute film in 1944 and screened it on ...
Propaganda activities in Japan have been discussed as far back as the Russo-Japanese War of the first decade of the 20th century. [2] Propaganda activities peaked during the period of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. [3] [4] Scholar Koyama Eizo has been credited with developing much of the Japanese propaganda framework during that ...
Propaganda for Japanese-American internment is a form of propaganda created between 1941 and 1944 within the United States that focused on the relocation of Japanese Americans from the West Coast to internment camps during World War II. Several types of media were used to reach the American people such as motion pictures and newspaper articles ...
Maya's nickname as "The Rose" and the "Voice of Free Arcadia" mirrors the romantic image of the secret French Resistance radio broadcasters and of the Japanese propaganda machine featuring radio broadcasts by English speaking female announcers collectively known as "Tokyo Rose". These announcers relayed bad news from the home front.
Among the factors that led to the emergence of propaganda kimono, three stand out: the introduction of modern textile manufacturing and printing equipment into Japan in the late 19th century, [5] the social and political impetus for Japan to modernize, [6] and, following the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931, political desire to rally support for colonial expansion. [3]