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When Asia Speaks
194419 minFilm: Documentary
Direction: Gordon Weisenborn
Production: Stuart Legg
Script: Stuart Legg
Contrasting the wealth of Asian raw materials with the poverty of the masses, this film takes a look at the rise of nationalist movements in Asia through the eyes of the United States and Canada during the fifth year of World War II. Japan prepares for the outcome of the war by supporting Asian self-determination; India as well, under Ghandi's leadership, demands an end to Western rule in Asia; while China under Sun Yat-sen fights to avoid Japanese conquest.
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Subject categories
- Developing Countries > AsiaEconomic and Industrial DevelopmentPolitics, Government and HistorySocial Problems
- Politics and Government > Asia
- Economics > Foreign CountriesSocio-Economic ConditionsWorld War II
- Social Studies > Development/Global Issues
- History and Citizenship Education > Imperialism and Colonization (1800s-1900s)
- History > World War II
Credits
- director
- Gordon Weisenborn
- producer
- Stuart Legg
- script
- Stuart Legg
- editing
- Stuart Legg
- narrator
- Lorne Greene
- music
- Lucio Agostini
