Japan: A Living Travel Book R2 of 5

ca 1939 Japan Daily Life Japanese city at night w/ lighted electric lights. Fireworks; Zipper sign of Japanese characters. 14:44:52 Babies in cribs & hospital & orphanage or school getting tray w/ food; sitting at tables. Women in rice field serving soup to boy. 14:45:33 Hay wagon, cows in field. Man leading cow thru shallow tank of ??. Men milking cows in farm & dairy w/ bottling lines. Women & men farmers pitching hay in large field from stacks to wagons & hauled. Aerial over mountain valley; large log raft down rapids. Fishing w/ nets & pole. Mountain rocky canyon & farm in canyon. 14:47:22 Temples w/ ornate roofs. 14:47:38 Farm worker on foot operated wheel pumping water; women to rice fields. CU rice on stalks. Farmers working; rice terraces on mountainside. 14:48:23 Girl carrying large melon, poses & laughs. 14:48:30 Woman weaving reeds on loom; women flailing grain. 14:48:41 Soldiers marching past farmers, signing. Young man stands CU looking, takes off hat. MS soldiers. Soldiers drilling & mechanized units, cavalry reviewed; march thru gate. At attention. Emperor Hirohito arrives (brief) 14:49:32 POV of camera thru temple & gardens. Large bell rung by monk. 14:49:59 POV beneath ornate ironwork of lanterns & light fixtures in temple (?). POV thru garden past small temple to CU of hand of giant bronze Buddha, up to face. Tilt up temple. 14:51:33 CU pigeons outside temple; two women feeding on hands & arms. View from temple to wooden gate in water. Deer running across grounds . 14:52:19 Tall lanterns on poles carried / balanced in parade. Men carry large wooden float on shoulders. Dancers across bridge. Men rowing boat on river. 14:53:07 Workers riding on flatcars, others run to get on. Miners on train in mine; digging. Water running out of tunnel. Men pushing cart in large tunnel. Japanese waving flags outside tunnel. 14:53:45 Passenger train entering tunnel. POV out of tunnel in snowscape. Train w/ rotary snow plow plowing deep snowdrifts. 14:54:01 Summer view of mountain lodge. Deep snow on roof of mountain buildings; women walking past. Steaming hot springs w/ swimmers. Many skiers exercising in rows w/ geometric shadows; single file up slope; skiing down. Ski jumping. Couples, men & women, ice skating w/ Mt. Fuji (?) behind. Propaganda; 1930s; Tourism; Militarism; Pre-WW2; Pre-WWII; Asia; Landscapes; Lyrical Travelogue;