Mowgli is shown here in this 1942 Japanese poster for The Jungle Book with some odd shadow placements.
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Hiroshima, August 6th, 1945
75 years ago, August 6th, 1945 the B-29 Enola Gay drops the first atomic bomb, which detonates over Hiroshima at 8:16 a.m. at an altitude of 2,000 feet, which killed 70,000 people with the initial blast.
Far East, 1943
Insert from 1943 Newsmap article showing the far east. UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.
This Is Not A Drill
This navy dispatch announces the attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii by the Japanese Navy. It was received at the Squantum Naval Reserve Aviation Base on December 7, 1941 from the First Naval District. It states, “AIR RAID ON PEARL HARBOR X THIS IS NOT DRILL.” – archive.gov
Japan’s Rosie the Riveter
Japan’s version of Rosie the Riveter seen in this WW2 Propaganda poster.
Nansei Shoto – A Pocket Guide, 1945
There’s no use giving you a sightseer’s guide to the Nansei Shoto, because after the navy and air forces have blasted the way for a landing on those islands, they just won’t look the same.
But since the islands themselves will still be there, and most of the people, the more you can find out about the people and how they live, the safer and more comfortable you will be.
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King Kong vs Mechani-Kong, 1967
“Death Battle with Robot Kong,” an illustration by Takashi Minamimura, features a cutaway diagram of Robot Kong, also known as “Mechani-Kong” in the US version of the cartoon and in the 1967 spin-off film “King Kong Escapes.” Built to defeat King Kong, the 50-meter tall remote-control robot is powered by a 200,000-kilowatt nuclear reactor and can shoot laser beams from its eyes and poison gas from its nose.
Art of War, Japan, 1930s
Alpha the Robot
Alpha the robot featured on a Japanese magazine cover in the 1930s. He was previously covered here
