
Twenty-Thousand-Kilometre Battlefront (1942)
Original Japanese title: Sensen Nimankiro (戦線二万粁) Documentary Language: Japanese Produced by Nihon Eigasha (Nichiei) Year of release: 1942 Film Locations: Straits of Johor Tengah Airfield Ford Factory (Bukit Timah) Anson Road (Boustead Institute) Municipal Building (City Hall) & Supreme Court Cathay Building View from Cathay Building SENSEN NIMANKIRO is a newsreel compilation that documents the extent of the Japanese military campaign in East and Southeast Asia until early 1942. By then, Japanese imperial forces had advanced as far as the […]
Categories: Japan, Japanese, Narrative Feature • Tags: Anson Road, Boustead Institute, Bukit Timah, Cathay Building, City Hall, Dhoby Ghaut, Ford Factory, Nichiei, Nihon Eigasha, Sensen Nimankiro, Singapore, Straits of Johor, Supreme Court, Tengah Airfield, World War II