Unit 731 - Did the Emperor Know? (Original title)
Date: 13 August 1985 (Television)Country: United KingdomDirector: David C. Rea
Synopsis: Documentary which examines the work of Japanese Imperial Army unit 731 which experimented with proscribed chemical and germ weapons during World War II, with interviews with prisoners who were used in the experiments and investigation of why the experimentors remained unprosecuted after the war.Synopsis: Germ warfare was banned by civilised nations before World War II. But behind the treaties and international agreements, experimental work in the building of bombs and shell filled with tetanus, anthrax and plague went on. Unit 731 is a secret branch of the Japanese Imperial Army which tested their weapons on thousands of prisoners-of-war. At the end of the war, a special deal was made to protect the scientists from prosecution as war criminals.
Genre: Factual TV
Subjects: Chemical warfare, Japanese army, World War II, Weapons testing (weapon systems), Japan
TV Transmissions
Date: 13 August 1985Broadcast company: ITVCountry: United KingdomTransmission time: 22:30-23:30Slot duration: 60 minsLanguage: English - Colour - Sound
Date: 27 April 1991Broadcast company: Channel FourCountry: United KingdomTransmission time: 20:05-21:05Slot duration: 60 minsNetwork
Date: 13 August 1985 (Television)Country: United KingdomDirector: David C. Rea
Synopsis: Documentary which examines the work of Japanese Imperial Army unit 731 which experimented with proscribed chemical and germ weapons during World War II, with interviews with prisoners who were used in the experiments and investigation of why the experimentors remained unprosecuted after the war.Synopsis: Germ warfare was banned by civilised nations before World War II. But behind the treaties and international agreements, experimental work in the building of bombs and shell filled with tetanus, anthrax and plague went on. Unit 731 is a secret branch of the Japanese Imperial Army which tested their weapons on thousands of prisoners-of-war. At the end of the war, a special deal was made to protect the scientists from prosecution as war criminals.
Genre: Factual TV
Subjects: Chemical warfare, Japanese army, World War II, Weapons testing (weapon systems), Japan
TV Transmissions
Date: 13 August 1985Broadcast company: ITVCountry: United KingdomTransmission time: 22:30-23:30Slot duration: 60 minsLanguage: English - Colour - Sound
Date: 27 April 1991Broadcast company: Channel FourCountry: United KingdomTransmission time: 20:05-21:05Slot duration: 60 minsNetwork
Credits
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Production Company: Television South, Producer: Peter Williams, Researcher: David Wallace
Cast
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Peter Williams ()