Labels:text | newspaper | font | black and white | white OCR: 20 CINEMAS TO RE-OPEN SOON IN SYONAN-TO To Be Centre Of East Asian Distribution (Domel) IT is learned that motion pic- ture films will be exchanged among countries in the East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere in a move to widen the scope of knowledge and foster understanding among the peoples of East Asia. It is understood that Syonan City will become the distributing centre of Nipponese, Chinese and Manchukuoan films for the south-western Pacific arcas in- cluding Malaya. Java, Sumatra tural At the same time, and films depicting customs and the cul- life, scenery south-western Pacific the will soon be brought before cinema fans of Nippon, China and Manchukuo. Three thousand six hundred and fifteen shorts and reels feature have been C42 reels of news filmed in Syonan. Meanwhile, twenty motion pic- ture theatres here within a few days. will re-open