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What's Happened To Sugar? (1946)

1946 · Ephemeral film · 11 min

  • War

Synopsis

Documents wide-ranging impacts of sugar shortage during and after World War II. Documents production of sugar from beet and cane sources, nationwide within the U.S. and around the world, and damage to beet production and sugar cane production during World War II. Anti-Japanese bias; narration attributes destruction of beet and sugar cane production to Japanese actions in World War II. Sugar supply traced to resources required for war production and health care as well as food and nutrition.

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11 minutes

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