{"id":47281,"date":"2025-06-20T14:23:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T21:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=47281"},"modified":"2025-06-24T11:10:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T18:10:41","slug":"student-documentary-on-unit-731-gets-national-recognition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/student-documentary-on-unit-731-gets-national-recognition\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Documentary on Unit 731 Gets National Recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Student Documentary on Unit 731 Gets National Recognition\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xahMwezW-S0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>6.20.25 \u2013 Earlier this month, a group of students from the Albuquerque School of Excellence competed in the national documentary competition put on by National History Day. 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