조선시보 제11보

Korean Newsreel #11

The film is a war-propaganda newsreel film produced when Japan’s defeat in the Pacific War was imminent. The film covers the visit to the birthplace of the late Captain Choe Myeong-ha (Takeyama in Japanese), the first Korean-born Air Force officer who was killed in an operation to attack an airfield on Sumatra. It introduces the captain's parents and keepsakes, and follows junior officers undergoing military training at the captain's alma mater. The film also covers the training of young sailors, the process of making pine coal oil using rosin, the achievement of 1.2 billion won of savings, and mining ore for military supplies. Acquired in 1994.