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Hokushin Nippon R6 of 10

Reel Number: 221163-06

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1934

Country: Japan,Russia,USSR

Location: Kuriles,Sakhalin

TC Begins: 03:48:41

TC Ends: 03:57:30

Duration: 00:08:49

Hokushin Nippon R6 of 10 Japanese economic and defense interests in Sakhalin and Kuriles Islands, Kamchatka, Russia. Small fishing boats thru rough water to canning ship. Unloading nets of fish to larger ship. Holds or bins on deck with fish. Men hose down deck w/ large hose and sort fish, fllipping them w/ pike poles & shovels. Fish thrown into trough w/ conveyor belt. Many men sorting, scaling & cleaning salmon. Autmatic cutting of heads & tails. Filleting. 03:52:58 Canning salmon. 03:53:51 Men repairing nets hanging on ship. View of small boats and shoreline w/ cannery. 03:55:11 Salmon up conveyor & sorting at factory on shore. Large conveyors. Fish tumble into wooden hopper, cut up and steaks sorted. Men canning by hand. Sealed cans & carts pushed into steamer. Trays of cans laid out. 1930s Colonialism; Japanese Expansionism; Arctic; Fishing Industry; Natural Resources

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