Home Movie: Koura Collection: 006106 (silent)

Description: A Japanese American family travels through Japan, filming around a church and a junior high school. Includes images of men playing Go, women dancing in kimonos, and children running around a school yard.

can notes: "Middaugh 'Japan' 4".
other can notes are written in Japanese and include characters for flower(花) and Japan (日本), however not everything could be translated.

note found in can: "Okimura Church / Mr. Tachiyama"

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Subjects: 1940s, 1950s, Games and play, Schools, People of Asian and Pacific Islander origin or descent, Dance, Asian and Pacific Islander history and culture, Tourism

Tags: people playing Go game; men smiling; posing for camera; palm trees; shrines; red maple tress; pine trees; flowers; group portraits; farm land; multigenerational families; elders holding baby; elder woman; Japanese women in kimono dancing; dark interiors; schools; children in school yard; terrace farming; seaside community filmed from boat; Okimura Junior High School sign in Japanese; debris in camera gate; Japanese people; Japanese American people; Asian American people

Film Sponsor:

Creator: Koura Family

Credits:

Distributor:

Contributor: Center for Asian American Media

Source Collection: Koura Collection PC-0762, Center for Asian American Media Collection, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection

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

Production Date: circa 1950

Release Date:

Geographical Location: Japan

Genre/Form: home movie

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Rights:

Film Format: 8mm film

Element: reversal, original

Color: color

Color Process: Kodachrome

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type:

Edge Code: circle circle, triangle

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 272