Matsushima in Japan. View of islands at Matsushima bay that have been carved away by the ocean. Islands are covered with pine trees. Matsushima Bay's pine clad islets. Oarsman rows boat.
Views of Enoshima Island. Waves in bay and mountains in the background. Enoshima Island. People enter from Shinto. They look Japanese articles in market. Boats at bay. People at coast of bay. They take bath near the bank of bay.
Opening slate (in German) reads: "Pilgrims and believers come from far away to honor their gods." Camera pans across rugged hills with a building on a peak in the background. It continues to pan to the left, revealing a bridge. Closeup of the bridge and then of people walking across it. Change of scene shows a wooden shelter at side of a mountain, looking down upon the sea. Inside, people walk along a wooden walkway in a grotto. View from inside of people silhouetted against the light at the opening. View of a miniature shelter containing models of persons. Complete change of scene to the Great Buddha of Kamakura found in the Kōtoku-in Buddhist Temple (4 Chome-2-28 Hase, Kamakura, Kanagawa 248-0016, Japan). Several persons stand nearby. Closeup of the statue framed by Cherry blossoms. Another view of the Buddha statue with evergreens in the background. Closeup of an incense burner beneath the Buddha statue, with 8 candles burning in it. View of ocean from overlooking hill. Momentary glimpse of Mount Fuji as the film ends.
Trade fair in Osaka, Japan. Woman seated on table. Little Japanese girl plays with a doll sitting in a high chair. The girl pretends to feed the baby. Cans of Gerber Baby food sit on the tray. The little girl picks them up and holds them. Large numbers of well-dressed Japanese people enter the trade fair. A large building in background holds sign reading " Industry Hall." Crowds enter a pavilion with large sign reading "USA" in front. A fountain and flowers decorate the pavilion. Visitors view themselves in closed circuit television, as they enter the pavilion.
Many well-dressed Japanese visitors walking past the American pavilion at a Trade Fair in Osaka, Japan. Some sit on the ground to rest. The flags of U.S. and Japan fly side-by-side on tall poles, in front of the pavilion. Many Japanese visitors entering the pavilion. At the entry, the pavilion is decorated with beautiful landscaping including a pool and fountains, together with flowers and decorative plantings. A little Japanese girl poses (unsmiling) in front ot the some flowers and plants.
Trade fair in Osaka, Japan. Japanese visitors crowd a ramp leading into the American Pavilion at the Fair. Inside a U.S. pretzel-making machine is operating -- tying dough into pretzel shape and placing it on a conveyer to an oven for baking. The Japanese visitors are amused and enjoy watching the process. One man gestulates, imitating the pretzel-tying motions for his woman companion. A woman offers finished pretzels to the visitors.
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