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  • The Clouded Dawn (1962)
  • 28 min | Documentary, War
The Clouded Dawn (1962)
28 min | Documentary, War

August 1945 - 1946. Japan surrenders. World War II is over, but the scars are deep. Canadian prisoners are released from Japanese war camps. In Canada, as elsewhere, the monumental task of rehabilitation begins.
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John Kemeny (unconfirmed) | Tony Lower (unconfirmed)
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Updated Jun 27, 1962

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Jun 27, 1962 (Canada)

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63 cast members
Name Known for
Budd Knapp
Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice)   See fewer
Clement Attlee
Self - with Truman and Mackenzie King (archive footage) Self - with Truman and Mackenzie King (archive footage)   See fewer
Ernest Bevin
Self - with Attlee and Mackenzie King (archive footage) Self - with Attlee and Mackenzie King (archive footage)   See fewer
Thomas Blamey
Self - Signs Japanese Surrender for Australia (archive footage) Self - Signs Japanese Surrender for Australia (archive footage)   See fewer
L. Moore Cosgrave
Self - Signs Japanese Surrender for Canada (archive footage) Self - Signs Japanese Surrender for Canada (archive footage)   See fewer
H.D.G. Crerar
Self - Speech in Ottawa (archive footage) Self - Speech in Ottawa (archive footage)   See fewer
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque
Self - Tokyo Bay: First Row, Chats with Cosgrave (archive footage) Self - Tokyo Bay: First Row, Chats with Cosgrave (archive footage)   See fewer
Kuzma Derevyanko
Self - Tokyo Bay: First Row, on Blamey's Right (archive footage) Self - Tokyo Bay: First Row, on Blamey's Right (archive footage)   See fewer
Karl Dönitz
Self - Nuremberg Trial: Row 2, Seat 1, Behind Göring (archive footage) Self - Nuremberg Trial: Row 2, Seat 1, Behind Göring (archive footage)   See fewer
J.W. Foote
Self - Victoria Cross (archive footage) Self - Victoria Cross (archive footage)   See fewer
Hans Frank
Self - Nuremberg Trial: Row 1, Seat 7 (archive footage) Self - Nuremberg Trial: Row 1, Seat 7 (archive footage)   See fewer
Bruce Fraser
Self - Tokyo Bay: First Row, Only Cap Visible (archive footage) Self - Tokyo Bay: First Row, Only Cap Visible (archive footage)   See fewer
Wilhelm Frick
Self - Nuremberg Trial: Row 1, Seat 8 (archive footage) Self - Nuremberg Trial: Row 1, Seat 8 (archive footage)   See fewer
Hans Fritzsche
Self - Nuremberg Trial: Row 2, Seat 10 (archive footage) Self - Nuremberg Trial: Row 2, Seat 10 (archive footage)   See fewer
Walther Funk
Self - Nuremberg Trial: Row 1, Seat 10 (archive footage) Self - Nuremberg Trial: Row 1, Seat 10 (archive footage)   See fewer
Hermann Göring
Self - Nuremberg Trial: Row 1, Seat 1, Innocent Plea (archive footage) Self - Nuremberg Trial: Row 1, Seat 1, Innocent Plea (archive footage)   See fewer
C.E.L. Helfrich
Self - Tokyo Bay: First Row, Dark Necktie (archive footage) Self - Tokyo Bay: First Row, Dark Necktie (archive footage)   See fewer
Rudolf Hess
Self - Nuremberg Trial: Row 1, Seat 2, Innocent Plea (archive footage) Self - Nuremberg Trial: Row 1, Seat 2, Innocent Plea (archive footage)   See fewer
Yung-Chang Hsu
Self - Tokyo Bay: First Row, Only Cap Visible (archive footage) Self - Tokyo Bay: First Row, Only Cap Visible (archive footage)   See fewer
Robert Jackson
Self - Prosecutor at Nuremberg: Gives Opening Statement (archive footage) Self - Prosecutor at Nuremberg: Gives Opening Statement (archive footage)   See fewer
Alfred Jodl
Self - Nuremberg Trial: Row 2, Seat 5 (archive footage) Self - Nuremberg Trial: Row 2, Seat 5 (archive footage)   See fewer
Toshikazu Kase
Self - Japanese Foreign Office: Second Row, Top Hat, Assists Shigemitsu (archive footage) Self - Japanese Foreign Office: Second Row, Top Hat, Assists Shigemitsu (archive footage)   See fewer
Wilhelm Keitel
Self - Nuremberg Trial: Row 1, Seat 4 (archive footage) Self - Nuremberg Trial: Row 1, Seat 4 (archive footage)   See fewer
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Pierre Laval
Self - on Trial, Slaps Table, Shakes Fists (archive footage) Self - on Trial, Slaps Table, Shakes Fists (archive footage)   See fewer
Geoffrey Lawrence
Self - Presides at Nuremberg, Asks Defendants for Plea (archive footage) (as Lord Geoffrey Lawrence) Self - Presides at Nuremberg, Asks Defendants for Plea (archive footage) (as Lord Geoffrey Lawrence)   See fewer
Herbert Lehman
Self - UNRRA Speech (archive footage) Self - UNRRA Speech (archive footage)   See fewer
Douglas MacArthur
Self - Accepts Japanese Surrender, Presides at Ceremony (archive footage) Self - Accepts Japanese Surrender, Presides at Ceremony (archive footage)   See fewer
John Keefer Mahoney
Self - Victoria Cross (archive footage) Self - Victoria Cross (archive footage)   See fewer
Cecil Merritt
Self - Victoria Cross (archive footage) Self - Victoria Cross (archive footage)   See fewer
Kurt Meyer
Self - on Trial (archive footage) Self - on Trial (archive footage)   See fewer
Katauo Okazaki
Self - Japanese Foreign Office: Second Row, Top Hat (archive footage) Self - Japanese Foreign Office: Second Row, Top Hat (archive footage)   See fewer
Lester B. Pearson
Self - Standing Behind Truman (archive footage) Self - Standing Behind Truman (archive footage)   See fewer
A.E. Percival
Self - Tokyo Bay, on Wainwright's Right (archive footage) Self - Tokyo Bay, on Wainwright's Right (archive footage)   See fewer
Philippe Pétain
Self - on Trial, Scratches Ear (archive footage) Self - on Trial, Scratches Ear (archive footage)   See fewer
Vidkun Quisling
Self - on Trial, Wipes Face with Handkerchief (archive footage) Self - on Trial, Wipes Face with Handkerchief (archive footage)   See fewer
Erich Raeder
Self - Nuremberg Trial: Row 2, Seat 2, Behind Hess (archive footage) Self - Nuremberg Trial: Row 2, Seat 2, Behind Hess (archive footage)   See fewer
Fred Rose
Self - Communist MP (archive footage) Self - Communist MP (archive footage)   See fewer
Alfred Rosenberg
Self - Nuremberg Trial: Row 1, Seat 6 (archive footage) Self - Nuremberg Trial: Row 1, Seat 6 (archive footage)   See fewer
Fritz Sauckel
Self - Nuremberg Trial: Row 2, Seat 4 (archive footage) Self - Nuremberg Trial: Row 2, Seat 4 (archive footage)   See fewer
Hjalmar Schacht
Self - Nuremberg Trial: Row 1, Seat 11 (archive footage) Self - Nuremberg Trial: Row 1, Seat 11 (archive footage)   See fewer
Arthur Seyß-Inquart
Self - Nuremberg Trial: Row 2, Seat 7 (archive footage) Self - Nuremberg Trial: Row 2, Seat 7 (archive footage)   See fewer
John F. Shafroth
Self - Tokyo Bay: Portly, Standing Behind Wainwright (archive footage) Self - Tokyo Bay: Portly, Standing Behind Wainwright (archive footage)   See fewer
K. Shiba
Self - Japanese Navy: Third Row (archive footage) (as Captain K. Shiba) Self - Japanese Navy: Third Row (archive footage) (as Captain K. Shiba)   See fewer
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Self - Japanese Foreign Minister: Artificial Leg and Cane, Signs Surrender (archive footage) Self - Japanese Foreign Minister: Artificial Leg and Cane, Signs Surrender (archive footage)   See fewer
Ernest Alvia Smith
Self - Victoria Cross (archive footage) Self - Victoria Cross (archive footage)   See fewer
Albert Speer
Self - Nuremberg Trial: Row 2, Seat 8 (archive footage) Self - Nuremberg Trial: Row 2, Seat 8 (archive footage)   See fewer
Louis St. Laurent
Self - at the UN (archive footage) Self - at the UN (archive footage)   See fewer
Julius Streicher
Self - Nuremberg Trial: Row 1, Seat 9, Innocent Plea (archive footage) Self - Nuremberg Trial: Row 1, Seat 9, Innocent Plea (archive footage)   See fewer
Richard K. Sutherland
Self - Tokyo Bay, with Wainwright and Percival (archive footage) Self - Tokyo Bay, with Wainwright and Percival (archive footage)   See fewer
Fred Tilston
Self - Victoria Cross (archive footage) Self - Victoria Cross (archive footage)   See fewer
Admiral S. Tomioka
Self - Japanese Navy: Third Row (archive footage) Self - Japanese Navy: Third Row (archive footage)   See fewer
Frederick Topham
Self - Victoria Cross (archive footage) Self - Victoria Cross (archive footage)   See fewer
Paul Triquet
Self - Victoria Cross (archive footage) Self - Victoria Cross (archive footage)   See fewer
Harry S. Truman
Self - Handshake with Mackenzie King (archive footage) Self - Handshake with Mackenzie King (archive footage)   See fewer
Yoshijirô Umezu
Self - Japanese Army Chief of Staff: Representing Imperial GHQ (archive footage) (as Yoshijiro Umezu) Self - Japanese Army Chief of Staff: Representing Imperial GHQ (archive footage) (as Yoshijiro Umezu)   See fewer
Konstantin von Neurath
Self - Nuremberg Trial: Row 2, Seat 9 (archive footage) Self - Nuremberg Trial: Row 2, Seat 9 (archive footage)   See fewer
Franz von Papen
Self - Nuremberg Trial: Row 2, Seat 6 (archive footage) Self - Nuremberg Trial: Row 2, Seat 6 (archive footage)   See fewer
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Self - Nuremberg Trial: Row 1, Seat 3, Innocent Plea (archive footage) Self - Nuremberg Trial: Row 1, Seat 3, Innocent Plea (archive footage)   See fewer
Baldur von Schirach
Self - Nuremberg Trial: Row 2, Seat 3, Behind Ribbentrop (archive footage) Self - Nuremberg Trial: Row 2, Seat 3, Behind Ribbentrop (archive footage)   See fewer
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Self - Tokyo Bay: Emaciated, Standing with Percival (archive footage) Self - Tokyo Bay: Emaciated, Standing with Percival (archive footage)   See fewer
Ichirô Yokoyama
Self - Japanese Navy: Third Row (archive footage) (as Admiral I. Yokoyama) Self - Japanese Navy: Third Row (archive footage) (as Admiral I. Yokoyama)   See fewer
Nikolai Zabotin
Self - Military Attaché: Soviet Embassy, Ottawa (archive footage) Self - Military Attaché: Soviet Embassy, Ottawa (archive footage)   See fewer
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