Hokushin Nippon R7 of 10

Hokushin Nippon R7 of 10 Japanese economic & defense interests in Sakhalin and Kuriles Islands, Kamchatka, Russia. Small Japanese fishing boat from another, pulling in King Crabs on lines. Men on deck cutting up. Seen from larger cannery boat. Men on board cannery boat working on deck w/ many crabs. Sorting & throwing into baskets. Baskets dumped into boiling water. 03:59:51 Men cutting up crabs after cooking. Cracking w/ wooden mallets. Rinsing in running water. Cutting into small sections, weighing & canning. 04:00:59 Shoal of small whales breeching & blowing, diving. Man at wheel of ship following; harpooner on bow firing, pullng in whale. Several others hit. Large ship w/ small boats around it on smooth seas. Coastline behind ship. 04:03:08 Ship’s officers on bridge w/ telescopes & binoculars. CU looking at several Russian ships. One is Anastas Mikoyan. Navy ship. Two small ships alongside large ship anchored. Refueling. Japanese navy sailors waving as they pass close by ship T-192. 1930s Colonialism; Japanese Expansionism; Arctic; Fishing Industry; Natural Resources