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Photography Goes to War
12019-11-18T17:18:32-05:00Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5f351Manchuria Aviation Company; Kwantung Army; aerial photography; World War IIplain2019-11-18T17:18:32-05:001941-1945Sakura ChristmasFrench Indochina; Siam; Singapore; Sumatra.Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5fAerial View of ModuleManchuria Aviation CompanyThroughout the 1930s and 40s, the photography bureau continued to maintained close connections with the Kwantung Army. In 1941, the military sent several Manchuria Aviation Company members to shoot strategic locations in French Indochina, Siam, Singapore, and Sumatra, demonstrating the roundabout circulation of technological expertise in the Japanese empire. At its height, the unit maintained a fleet of ten planes and had a reputation of being one of the top producers of aerial images in the world, after Germany and the United States. The bureau grew to two hundred workers with branch offices in Beijing and Nanjing, captured 90% of Manchukuo on film, and conducted aerial surveys from Korea to Mongolia by the end of the war.
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12019-11-18T17:18:27-05:00Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5fTechnologies of the GazeSakura Christmas3aerial photography; cartography; Manchukuosplash54872020-01-04T13:23:19-05:0043.88677,125.32461932-1945Sakura ChristmasManchuria Aviation Company; infrastructureSakura Christmas28d0f8731407ea130a3ff627d1336f634fdf1591
