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Active volcanoes, earthquakes and mountain range in Japan.
Natural topography of Japan. View of Mount Fuji (富士山, Fujisan) in Japan. View of Mount Fuji seen with its iconic snow cap. A man rows a boat on one of the Fuji Five Lakes (富士五湖, Fujigoko) near Mount Fuji. Farmers trekking towards Mount Fuji. Shinto pilgrims travel on foot as a group to the Fujisan Hongū Sengen Taisha (富士山本宮浅間大社 1-1 Miyacho, Fujinomiya, Shizuoka 418-0067, Japan) within downtown Fujinomiya, Shizuoka prefecture, before ascending to Mt. Fuji. Pilgrims trek Mount Fuji. Pilgrims arrive at the Shinto shrine on top of Mount Fuji. A Shinto priest blesses the pilgrims. Volcanic craters without snow. An active volcano in Japan. Smoke emanates from active Japanese volcanoes. Japanese people sing traditional songs while at work. Japanese people at a shrine. Violent tidal waves splash at a coast. Household items fall from shelves during an earthquake inside a house in Japan. People search in the rubble of a house destroyed after the 1923 Kanto earthquake in Tokyo and Yokohama. Medics carry casualties on stretchers. Refugees crowd a park after losing their homes from an earthquake. Widespread fire in Tokyo after an earthquake. Japanese family visit thermal springs. Mud bubbling. Islands and rocky cliffs in Japan. Farmer tilling his land near a river.Natural topography of Japan. View of Mount Fuji (富士山, Fujisan) in Japan. View of Mount Fuji seen with its iconic snow cap. A man rows a boat on one of the Fuji Five Lakes (富士五湖, Fujigoko) near Mount Fuji. Farmers trekking towards Mount Fuji. Shinto pilgrims travel on foot as a group to the Fujisan Hongū Sengen Taisha (富士山本宮浅間大社 1-1 Miyacho, Fujinomiya, Shizuoka 418-0067, Japan) within downtown Fujinomiya, Shizuoka prefecture, before ascending to Mt. Fuji. Pilgrims trek Mount Fuji. Pilgrims arrive at the Shinto shrine on top of Mount Fuji. A Shinto priest blesses the pilgrims. Volcanic craters without snow. An active volcano in Japan. Smoke emanates from active Japanese volcanoes. Japanese people sing traditional songs while at work. Japanese people at a shrine. Violent tidal waves splash at a coast. Household items fall from shelves during an earthquake inside a house in Japan. People search in the rubble of a house destroyed after the 1923 Kanto earthquake in Tokyo and Yokohama. Medics carry casualties on stretchers. Refugees crowd a park after losing their homes from an earthquake. Widespread fire in Tokyo after an earthquake. Japanese family visit thermal springs. Mud bubbling. Islands and rocky cliffs in Japan. Farmer tilling his land near a river.
Athletes run marathon race, won by Kitel Son of Japan, during 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany.
Athletes running the marathon race during the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin (Eleventh Olympiad). Spectators cheer. A man delivering race commentary. Kitel Son of Japan wins marathon race; Ernest Harper of England comes in second; Shoryu Nan of Japan, Third; Erkki Tamila of Finland, fourth; Vaino Muinonen of Finland, fifth; Johannes Coleman of South Africa, sixth.
Views of China and Japan in the period leading up to the 2nd Sino-Japanese war
Film opens with outline map of Japan shown in contrast to 20 times larger China and figures representing China's 6 times greater population. Map of China is shown in pieces representing its numerous internal fiefdoms. In contrast, Japanese soldiers are shown marching in review before their singular leader, Emperor Hirohito and other national military leaders. Film shows contrasting 20th century characteristics of China and Japan. Sun Yat-sen, who figured prominently in post-Imperial China, and is considered the founding father of the Republic of China, is shown speaking to crowds. Narrator states that in 1911, this man fathered a peoples' revolution which brought to an end, China's ancient Imperial government. View of Chinese people marching and carrying flags and banners. Books are shown comparing China's Sun Yat-sen to America's George Washingon. Sun Yat-sen's political statement, shown in Chinese, contains words similar those in Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg address. View of schools and colleges built in the new Republic of China. Chinese students shown in libraries. A couple dining in a Chinese hotel restaurant, overlooking other buildings. A tall clock tower looms at the same height outside their window. Steel being erected for a tall building. Architects at work. Scientist looking through a microscope. Technicians at work in a chemistry laboratory. Medical staff and patients in a modern hospital. Children in school under compulsory education program. Chinese people exercising their freedoms of expression and religion. The funeral of Sun Yat-sen, in 1925, attended by his successor, Chiang Kai-shek, and other Chinese leaders in military uniforms. Chinese people attending an outdoor ceremony. Examples of areas needing modernisation. Chinese workers using manually operated machinery to process fabrics. Commercial vessel plying a river using wind and sail only. Views of steam locomotives and trains being introduced to link parts of China. Trucks moving goods over roads (still unpaved). Miners working in open air mines, digging coal and iron. Molten tin being poured from a crucible. Machines performing complex tasks in a fabric mill and women tending spinning and knitting machines. School children engaged in collective outdoor games and exercise drills. Scene shifts to Japan, where Emperor Hirohito, on a white horse, leads military leaders in reviewing Japanese forces. A formation of Japanese Model 97 medium tanks passing in review, with tank commanders saluting from their turrets. Glimpse of Japanese steel mill. Headline in World-Telegram newspaper of 14 february, 1934, reads: "Tokyo House Passes Huge Arms Budget." A Los Angeles newspaper of 23 November, 1934, expands on the same story. New Orleans Times-Picayune, Sunday, 5, May, 1936, reports that Japan is strained by its huge arms costs.
Womens springboard diving event at 1936 Berlin Olympics, Germany
Springboard diving event for women at 1936 Berlin Olympics, Germany. Participants from various nations including Japan, United States, and Germany dive from a springboard into the pool as crowd cheers them on. Divers shown include Olga Jensch-Jordan from Germany, Dorothy Poynton-Hill from the United States, Gerda Daumerlang of Germany, Marjorie Gestring of the United States, Masayo Osawa of Japan. United States athletes win Gold, Silver, and Bronze. Winners Marjorie Gestring, Peggy Rawls, and Dorothy Poynton-Hill are shown celebrating and signing autographs.
Scenes from various sports and winners in the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin, Germany.
The Olympics in Berlin, Germany. Athletes from many countries competing. Views of exterior of Olympic Stadium in Berlin, and interiors with Olympic flame burning. U.S. captures the men's track and the field title with a total of 203 points to 80 for Finland. A large crowd gathers to watch the events. People cheer and applaud. Men watch through binoculars. Cameramen record the event. Events shown include: Womens Discus, Mens Discus, Marathon, Mens 110 meter hurdle race final (with Forest Towns winning followed by Don Finlay and Fritz Pollard), and a relay race in which Frank Wykoff wins for the United States, breaking the world record of 39.8 seconds. Also shown are Field Hockey, and Diving. Winners shown include the first ever gold medal by a Korean, Sohn Kee-chung, in the marathon. He was running for Japan after Japan's 1910 annexation of Korea. Also British India in Field Hockey is shown playing, University of Michigan diver Richard Degener who won Gold in springboard diving, and Gisela Mauermayer who won the Gold for Germany in women's discus. In Men's Discus, U.S. Gold Medal winner Ken Carpenter from USC is shown, along with Gordon Dunn who won the silver medal in men's discus.
African American athletes make their mark at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany
Opening scene shows stadium filled with spectators for the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. View from behind six sprinters ready to start the 100 meter dash. Front view closeups of African American runners, Jesse Owens and Ralph Harold Metcalfe Sr. Official fires gun for the start, and the runners are off. Camera tracking the runners shows Jesse Owens well ahead of all the rest, at first, but Metcalfe soon catches up with him. Crowd roaring and cheering in the stadium. Scoreboard shows Owens first, Metcalfe, second, and Osendarp (of Holland) third, separated each by only one tenth of a second. The American National Anthem can be heard in the background. The next event is the men's high jump. Sign shows the bar initially set at 1.97 meters height. The first competitor is Gustav Weinkötz of Germany. He fails to clear the bar. Next is Hiroshi Tanaka of Japan, who also fails to clear. Bar is reset to 2.03 meters (6 feet-8 inches). African American, Cornelius Johnson makes the next attempt. He successfully clears the bar and the crowd roars its approval. (He had set a new olympic record.) Three American flags flying over the stadium as the U.S. National Anthem is again heard being played.
