Warclouds in the Pacific

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Movie
Original title Warclouds in the Pacific
Country of production Canada
original language English
Publishing year 1941
length 20 minutes
Rod
Director Stuart Legg
occupation

Warclouds in the Pacific is a Canadian short documentary film from 1941.

action

The North American Pacific coast is being prepared for combat at sea during the Second World War . Men from Australia who are fit for military service also arrive. Japan is considered a hostile and high-tech war power, but Japanese living in North America are shown as staunch democrats and equal citizens of the western world. Nazi Germany supports Japan in rearming and also influences the Asian country culturally. Japan is now a totalitarian state similar to that of the Third Reich .

As Japanese warships spread across the Pacific , US and Canadian warships, along with military bases like Pearl Harbor, form a protective ring. In the meantime, the Soviet Navy is preparing to fight Japan in Vladivostok . Ultimately, the United States and Canada feel adequately armed against Japanese attacks.

background

Warclouds in the Pacific was produced by the National Film Board of Canada and first released just days before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

Awards

At the 1942 Academy Awards , Warclouds in the Pacific was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Documentary Short Film category, but was defeated by the documentary Churchill's Island , which was also directed by Stuart Legg .

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