Home Movie: 010289 (silent)

Description: In 1929 privileged places and ceremonies in Japan are documented by tourists with unusual access. Arriving by cruise ship, the tourists visit many landmarks including Torii Gate and Kiyumizu-dera Temple. They then document Shinto religious ceremonial activity as well as a long and richly expressive peasant Samurai parade. With appearances by Japanese military personnel and possible government officials, and with the tourists dressed in traditional Japanese kimonos participating to some extent in ritual activity.

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"IV / Korea Japan"

Embossed on can: "EKC"

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Subjects: 1920s, Tourism, Celebrations and ceremonies, Parades and processions, Asian and Pacific Islander history and culture, People of Asian and Pacific Islander origin or descent, Religion

Tags: Japanese landscapes; fir trees; fir-clad cliffs meet water; Samurai temple; Samurai sword ritual; sword dances; Noh theater; stage plays; historical reenactments; floating Torii gate; harbors; boats; Junks; historic waterfronts; parks; Itsukushima; feeding deer; woman dancing; school children; Kiyomizu-dera Temple; three-storied pagoda; school uniforms; tourists wear kimonos; Japanese ceremonies; tea ceremonies; unidentified ceremonial activity; temples; possible shozoku; Shinto priests; Shinto ceremony; tourists; tourists dressed in traditional clothes bowing; kimonos; Japanese parades; possibly Shingen-kō Festival; formal wear; Japanese military personnel; waterfall; nature; Ashigaru; peasant samurai; parades; lion dance; tourists wear 1920s fashions; 1920s boucle hats; ship departures; swimmers; ceremonies; sailboats; swimmers filmed from above; jumping off surfboard; tourists walking onto boat; boarding a cruise ship; leis; throwing streamers off ship; ocean liners; cruise ship departures; touristic gaze; arrive San Francisco; Lost Landscapes; pan northern waterfront of San Francisco;

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Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date: circa 1929

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Geographical Location: Japan; Kyoto, Japan

Genre/Form: home movie

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Film Format: 16mm film

Element: reversal, original

Color: b&w

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Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: plus

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 279