2025/02/23

clips of 1920s to 1980 film recording in Japan

Via the Travel Film Archive, search string "Japan" gives many results


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Bits of Life In Japan
Length: 3:22     Year: 1921     Sound: Silent
Description: A visit with an all female orchestra in Japan in the 1920's by Burton Holmes

Rice Growing in Fujiyama
Length: 03:12     1920s     Sound: Silent 
Description: Growing rice in Fujiyama, Japan in the 1920s.

Nikko Temples, Kyoto, Japan
Length: 13:59     1920     Sound: Silent
Description: Street scenes in Kyoto and the shrines and temples of Nikkō, Japan.
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Japan In Cherry Blossom Time
Length: 6:56     Year: 1932
Description: A tour of Japan in the 1930's

The Island Empire
Length: 7:09     Year: 1932
Description: A tour of Japan in the 1930's

New York World's Fair
Length: 9.32     Year: 1939     Sound: Silent
Description: A tour of the 1939 New York Worlds Fair
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Farmers and Fishermen of Japan
Length: 9:00     1950s
Description: Farming and fishing in a small Japanese village at the foot of Mt Fuji

Japan
Length: 7:55     Year: 1953
Description: A film about Japan in the 1950's from the Carl Dudley series This World of Ours.

Japan's Rising Sun
Length: 35:01     Year: 1953     Sound: Silent
Description: A silent travel lecture film made by Mrs Deane Dickason about Japan in 1953.
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New Horizons - Japan
Length: 13:04     Year: 1960
Description: A Pan Am tour of Japan in the 1960s. Narration is in German.

Journey Through Tokyo
Length: 21:30     1960s
Description: A journey through Tokyo in the 1960s.

Japan- An Independent Nation
Length: 23:49     Year: 1980
Description: Explores the cultural, agricultural and industrialization of Japan, from traditional cultural practices to the nation's ever increasing modernization.

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