Home Movie: 001100 (silent)

Genre: home movie

Complete Record: Description: Upper-class white passengers cruising the world on the S.S. Franconia in 1928 stop to tour Japan. Includes a crowd of locals welcoming the passengers with American, British, and Japanese flags; handfeeding deer at Nara, the Great Buddha statue at Kamakura, and more. notes on container: "61026-2 Dupe / JAPAN GOOD / wet 3/12/75 / repaired 3/12/75 / 3/15/84" note inside can: "Beppu Japan Naru Japan Kyoto Japan Kamakura Japan Myanoshito Japan Excellent Fujiyama Japan" More information on the S.S. Franconia: www.chriscunard.com/history-fleet/cunard-fleet/1900-1930/franconia/ (accessed 1/14/2025) Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com. Subjects: 1920s, Tourism, People of Asian and Pacific Islander origin or descent, Religion, Asian and Pacific Islander history and culture Tags: homemade titles; world maps; furs; Japanese children waving American flags; waving national flags; welcoming travelers; kimonos; street scenes; white woman soliciting Japanese people to pose for camera; hand feeding deer; posing at cemetery; shrines; temples; rickshaws; "Tsurumi Jigoku — "Crane Seeing Hell" This Has Been Excavated by Human Hands. 350 ft. in Depth" sign; geothermal site; domesticated deer; fishing; turkeys; school children; Kotoku-in; The Great Buddha of Kamakura; giant Buddha statue; Buddhism; waterfalls; creeks; Koi fish; snow ball fight; snowing; Mount Fuji; Fujisan; snowcapped mountains; S.S. Franconia; world cruises Film Sponsor: Creator: Credits: Distributor: Contributor: Prelinger Archives Source Collection: Unidentified Home Movie Collection PC-0346, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive Production Date: 1928-03-06 Release Date: Geographical Location: Japan; Nara, Japan; Kamakura, Japan; Miyanoshita, Japan; Beppu, Japan; Kyoto, Japan Genre/Form: home movie Language: eng Rights: Film Format: 16mm film Element: print Color: b&w Color Process: Sound or Silent: silent Film Soundtrack Type: mos Edge Code: Frame Rate: 16 fps Length (feet): 499