Very Rare 16mm Film \"My Japan\" from the US War Finance Division of the Treasury For Sale

Very Rare 16mm Film

\"My Japan\"

from the War Finance Division of the US Treasury in 1945.

You can go on line to see this film.

I am selling an original print. The leader says dupe #5.

I have not viewed this print in years. The film is still very flexible. There are a few splices near the beginning. As I remember and from the first few feet I examined there are very few scratches if any. I do not have a way to view the film.

A great addition to any museum or private collection.

There are 600 feet of film on the reel which is the running length of the film, approx 16 minutes.

Notes from third party source:

The film was produced by the War Finance Division, a division of the United States Office of War Information, which was responsible for promoting the sale of all securities offered to the public by the Treasury Department. The 1945 United States Government MAnualoutlines their rights and responsibilities, stating:

\"The sales organization (field) consists of offices in all States, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, and Alaska, actively operating in recruiting of volunteer committees, sales, and promotional personnel. The Washington organization formulates publicity and promotion campaigns for recommendation to the State committees and for use at the national level.\"

My Japan was the only film produced by the War Finance Division in 1945.

Content

The technique used in My Japan is a form of reverse psychology- to make Americans angry with themselves for theirmaterialistic values, and then turn this anger against the enemy:

\"They work longer hours than you do, twice as long, quite often. Why not? They\'re not working for the clock. They\'re working to win the war! They do not make as much money as you do. Well, they are not working to make money, they are working to win war! They work every day of every week. Is this so strange? They are not working to get days off, they are working to win the war!\"

\"How we suffer when you do not have a full tank of gasoline. How devastated we are at the sight of you jammed into pleasure trains. How we tremble when you have to wait to get into the movies, restaurants and nightclubs....You are a nation of bargain-hunters\" (My Japan).

The film also seeks to anger Americans by belittling their military achievements up to that point:

\"Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, Iwo Jima -you boast of them as major victories; to you they are. To us they are minor defeats - the loss of island outposts. You Americans are fond of saying \'look at the score.\' Very well, look at it. You sent your finest troops against these outposts. They died by the thousands. Here they are massacred, slaughtered. But you took the islands, you say. Yes, we expected you to. That is why we garrisoned them with second-rate troops. The best of your lives for the worst of ours. WE TOO, know a thing or two about bargains. You have not yet faced the best of our armies. You have faced only ten percent of our worst!\" (My Japan)

The selling of this film in no way expresses my feelings or political views.

I am selling a piece of U.S. History.

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Sorry, no returns, I do my best to sell only items that provide value as described.