Japan: A Living Travel Book R3 of 5

ca 1939 Japan Daily Life Lyrical scenes of boat on water, blowing grass. Flower arranging by instructor, man, & woman student in house. Man arranging bough; other interior views. Tracking show past arrangements in vases & people viewing. 14:56:51 Man seated w/ two women. Women harvesting ?? leaves & worms on table. Silk worms (?) eating leaves, CUs. Women happy march thru field. Men & women cutting branches; spreading leaves on trays. Worm eating, making cocoons. Women harvesting from mulberry branches. Treating; spooling; weaving. Large factory w/ women working. Silkscreening fabric rolls on machines. Rolls of cloth. 14:59:14 Fabric on screens. Hanks of silk. Loading freighter at dock w/ large bundles by crane. 14:59:22 Night & man kneeling in traditional house reading book. CU calligraphy brush on long paper drawing bamboo & text. 15:00:02 Women on boat, diving for mussels w/ baskets in bay; underwater shots. 15:00:38 Women in shed opening & planting pearls; replacing in cages in bay; retrieving & removing grown pearls. Jewelery; strings of pearls. 15:01:30 Man wielding pick in clay embankment as others watch. Making clay mud & hauling to factory. Men working clay, turning on wheel & turning for large pottery jugs. Decorating w/ glaze pattern; carrying to ovens & firing. VERY GOOD. 15:03:51 View across large factory tile roofs w/ five large chimneys. Int. / men testing & packing pottery. Women decorating plates w/ patterns fixed by ?? & inked by hand stamping. Pan over finished goods. 15:04:38 Pan of women walking along river bank, crossing bridge carrying baskets. Walking thru field of bushes or shrubs. Picking tea leaves in large field seen from several angles. CUs. 15:05:39 Man w/ brass kettle cooking in house (?). Women & men sitting on mats, woman drinks from bowl, all bow. Lyrical Travelogue Film; 1930s; Tourism; Militarism; Pre-WW2; Pre-WWII; Asia; Landscapes; Japanese Textile Industry; Craftsmanship;