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Japan - Emperor & Wife at Function

Reel Number: 221022-08

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1952

Country: Japan

Location: Tokyo

TC Begins: 19:39:10

TC Ends: 19:43:18

Duration: 00:04:08

Japan - Emperor & Wife at Function Japanese flags on pole. Japanese military band playing. Girls singing as conductor stands on chair. Military saluting. Large crowd outside modern building doing 'banzai'. Police or soldiers w/ batons running. Others in formation. 19:40:42 Emperor Hirohito in limousine arrives w/ wife & walks up onto stage of modernistic building. Man reads from scroll. Cabinet behind. Large crowd listening. Emperor reads from scroll & does 'Banzai', then waves top hat. Flag. More arrival shots: cars pull up; police or army salutes; Hirohito onto stage & bows in greeting; crowd shots inc. mass banzai.

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