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Japanese families at a beach resort in Japan before World War II
In opening scene prior to World War 2, camera pans across a building complex that might be a resort hotel. Scene shifts to hundreds of bathers on shallow water at a beach. Life guards occupy a structure in the shallows. Families with small children fill the shoreline and shallow water. some of the small children use flotation devices. Actual swimmers are seen farther out in deeper water. Closeup of three small children playing with a pot as they sit in a protected area that seems to be surrounded by seaweed or other vegetation. A boy behind them works to build the surrounding wall. Change of scene shows another area of beach with a long pier extending out into the water. The shore is completely hidden by families seated on the beach under huge umbrellas and tents. The next scene is of a downtown commercial district festooned with numerous banners overlooking the street. There are no vehicles evident. The entire area is filled with pedestrians. At another section of the town, the street is more densly crowded with pedestrians.
Constrasts between traditional Japenese theater and modern Western oriented stage shows
Japanese patrons, including five young women in traditional dress, line up to purchase tickets at a theater in Japan. A businessman and a woman walk past on the sidewalk. Scene shifts to a Japanese film with actors in traditional dress perform stylized combat with swords. Next, women in traditional dress perform onstage in a ritualistic dance employing fans. In sharp contrast, women in modern military costumes onstage perform precision dance moves in a follies style and a man dances with chorus girls in western style jazz stage show. Scene ends with theater curtain descending as the dancers are still performing.
Japanese students practice Japanese martial arts (Kendo) focused on sword fighting
Opening scene shows instructor on a raised platform drilling students in preliminaries for Kendo training. Next, the students divided into two large teams, charge each other in combat exercise. The students wear protective armor (Bogu) and wield wooden swords (Bokken).
People gather to watch different sports activities of the Japanese people in Japan.
Activities of the people in Japan. People engage in different sports activities. Teams march in formation on the ground. People seated in the stadium to watch the matches and the games. Japanese flag flies atop flag pole. Teams participate in skiing, swimming, high jump and racing. Trees in the background. A ship underway at sea.
People walking and standing outside buildings and houses in the ghetto in Ungvar,Province of Ruthenia in Hungary.
People in ghetto of Ungvar, Province of Ruthenia, in Hungary. Jewish synagogue and other buildings along the sides of the street in the town. Jews walking on the street. Closeup views of Jewish people including a orthodox Jew teenage boy with side curls (payos). Other Orthodox Jewish men and boys with various hats and payos. The exterior of a building. Men discussing amongst themselves. A man bringing a hen to a Rabbi. Names on the stores including Adolf Mermelstein Textic.
Jewish inscriptions on the graves in a cemetery in Ruthenia,Hungary; Jewish children learning violin.
People in Ruthenia (Northeast Hungary) in Hungary. A Jewish cemetery in Ruthenian village. Jewish inscriptions on the graves. A thatched hut in the area. Men standing outside the entrance door to a synagogue. Children in Budapest, holding violins. The violin playing children seated outside a house. The group of children play their violins, led by a man instructing the children. Another man arrives and talks to the instructor.
