Inside Fighting China

Inside Fighting China (1942)

This wartime newsreel from 1942 documents the efforts of China to deal with Japanese aggression.

Date of release
1942-01-01
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (9)
Runtime
22m
Genres
Documentary, War
Director
Stuart Legg

Casting

Interesting facts

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Inside Fighting China is a 1941 22-minute Canadian short documentary film produced by the National Film Board of Canada for distribution by United Artists, as part of the wartime The World in Action series. The film documents China's resistance to Japan's invasion during the Second World War. Inside Fighting China is directed by Stuart Legg, and narrated by Lorne Greene. The film's French version title is La Chine sous les armes.

Production

Typical of the NFB's Second World War documentary short films in The World in Action series, Inside Fighting China was made in cooperation with the Director of Public Information, Herbert Lash. The film was created as a morale boosting propaganda film.Inside Fighting China was a compilation documentary that relied heavily on newsreel material, edited by Stuart Legg to provide a coherent story.

The deep baritone voice of stage actor Lorne Greene was featured in the narration of Inside Fighting China. Greene, known for his work on both radio broadcasts as a news announcer at CBC as well as narrating many of the Canada Carries On series. His sonorous recitation led to his nickname, "The Voice of Canada", and to some observers, the "voice-of-God".

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