Between the wars. - 2. | Scott Garen | 1978 | ACMI collection

The first SALT talks unfolds the story of the beginning of the arms race between the United States, Great Britain and Japan after the first world war, diplomatic attempts to curb it and the development of the aeroplane as a military weapon. “America in the Pacific”, subtitled “a clash of two cultures” details the increasing suspicion and mistrust between America and Japan and Japan’s rapid rise as an imperialistic military power, culminating in the Russo-Japanese war and the Sino-Japanese conflict. Uses archival footage and interviews with historians. Narrated by Eric Sevareid.

Credits

production company

Anthony Potter Productions

REG

co-producer

Anthony Potter

Scott Garen

Duration

01:00:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1978

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

302924

Language

English

Audience classification

PG

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Arms race

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Arms race

History → History

History → Japan - History - 20th century

History → United States - History - 1919-1933

Television

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Between the wars. - 2.

United States, 1978

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