Bet it is footage of the Japanese subjugation of Formosa (Taiwan).
BTW: your footage was shot with camera with an academy aperture, so it was intended to be integrated into a sound production -- for what it is worth.
A lot of the early WWII footage is Full Aperture and shot with cameras of the Silent Era, so the maker was well-heeled.
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Formosa was occupied by the Japanese long before this film was shot. Of course, because the film was made in 1939 and 1942 does not, of necessity, indicate it was used in those years.
According to a relatively recent history of the Rape of Nanking in 1937, the Japanese gave considerable play to its attrocious acts at that time, in the home media market of Japan proper.
******forgive me but if the film was asian wouldnt they have used fuji stock? not kodak? just curious?
******The Japanese occupation of the Philippines, which began in December 1941, better fits the time frame.
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