Mia: I believe the Library of Congress has copies, but not for general circulation. Only for viewing there (a very interesting experience in itself). Linda Ehrlich<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Mia Webster <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Mia.Webster@radio-canada.ca">Mia.Webster@radio-canada.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>Name: Mia Webster<br>Institutional affiliation or job: Visual researcher for CBC / Radio-Canada (French language Canadian public broadcaster)<br>City and country: Montréal, Canada<br>Research projects or publications: Currently working on doc on WWII<br>
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<div>For this current documentary project, I would like to view the following two Japanese films:<br>- Chokoreto to heitai (Chocolate and soldiers), directed by Takeshi Sato, first aired in Osaka Nov 30, 1938<br>- Nishizumi Senshacho-Den (The Story of Tank Commander Nishizumi), directed by Kosaburo Yoshimura, first aired at the Kokusai cinema, Nov 29, 1940<br>
<br>I haven't been able to find them on the web, at Amazon.ca nor Amazon.com, at any of our specialized video stores, at zip.ca... I contacted the Kawakita Memorial Film Institute in Japon, as well as The Asian Film Archives but they couldn't help. I searched the websites of the National Film Center of the NMOMA in Tokyo, and NHK but have come up with nothing. I also contacted the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre here in Montreal, the Canada-Japan Society, the Japanese consulat of Canada, the Japan Society of New York, the Center for Asian American Media, and the Canadian association of Asiatic Studies, but no-one was able to offer any other suggestions of where I might find these.<br>
<br>Anyone have any ideas?<br><br>Thank you, much appreciated,</div>
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