A War Story
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Dramatizes life in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp during World War II. Interweaves scenes from inside the camp with footage of the fall of Singapore and interviews survivors of the camp.
Major Ben Wheeler was a Canadian doctor assigned to Singapore when the Japanese forced an unconditional surrender of the British in 1942. The movie recounts, through the pages of his diary, the traumatic experiences of himself and his comrades as POWs in the Kinkaseki POW camp. The film flashes between the story of the camp and Wheeler’s family life before and after the war.
Major Ben Wheeler was a Canadian doctor assigned to Singapore when the Japanese forced an unconditional surrender of the British in 1942. The movie recounts, through the pages of his diary, the traumatic experiences of himself and his comrades as POWs in the Kinkaseki POW camp. The film flashes between the story of the camp and Wheeler’s family life before and after the war.
Credits
- Directed by
- Anne Wheeler
- Written by
- Anne Wheeler
- Produced by
- Anne Wheeler
- Cinematography
- Robert Nichol
- Edited by
- Ray Harper
Complete catalog record
Dramatizes life in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp during World War II. Interweaves scenes from inside the camp with footage of the fall of Singapore and interviews survivors of the camp.
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Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, format, sound, genre, description, catalog record
- Wikidata · Q4660550 ↗ — country, credits
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