Name: The Big Picture
Genre: Documentary
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Stuart Queen, Douglas MacArthur, Carl Zimmerman

Watched the "Occupation of Japan" episode

I have watched a few of these old docs. But right now I watched an episode from 1953. It's the very basics presented in 28 minutes. Quite good yet shallow info with some great camera recordings. The narration is the basics presented to Americans who need to be informed about Japan as a friendly nation right post WW2. So you get a bit info about Japan, but largely it's a propaganda piece illustrating how the US friendly nation is crucial for American geopolitics.

The very rare recordings of curious Japanese events is stuff you won't find anywhere else. And there is much respect towards Japan and Japanese culture. But it's so short that you won't get much out of it. Just this one topic alone needed like 5 hours to be properly presented.

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