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Japanese women get their hair styled in a Japanese beauty salon.

A Japanese karyūkai hairstylist styling women’s hair into traditional Nihongami hair. A hairstylist straightens a woman’s long hair using comb. Hairstylist combs the hair at the back of the head to create a long loop underneath the topknot. Hairstylist combing the sides of a woman’s hair. Hairstylist creates the topknot while woman holds a metal frame in her head. Hairstylist adds a clip on the back of a woman’s hair. Japanese woman looks into a hand mirror to admire herself.

Date: 1939
Duration: 2 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074752
Japanese hair stylist gives hair-dos to Japanese women in a beauty salon.

A Japanese hairstylist demonstrates the traditional Nihongami hairstyling. Hairstylist ties the topknot of a woman’s hair. Hairstylist cuts the styling string using her teeth. Stylist places a hair donut to make the topknot more voluminous. Stylist uses comb to neaten topknot into place. An assistant holds the girl’s long ponytail as the stylist adds hair extenders. Hairstylist folds and ties ponytail to make an elaborate hair bun. Hairstylist completes the look by placing a floral headpiece on a woman in kimono and Nihongami hairstyle. Japanese woman uses a hand mirror to check herself after the hairstylist added hair ornaments. Rear view of Japanese woman’s Nihongami hairstyle. Hairstylist uses a comb, rolling another client’s hair into a bun. A happy Japanese woman in traditional kimono attire and silk hand fan. A client with hair knots turns around.

Date: 1939
Duration: 3 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074753
Damaged and bombed-out buildings in a ruined Japanese city after Allied bombings of World War II.

Ruins in a Japanese city after Allied bombings of World War II. People pulling carts. Damaged and bombed-out buildings. Japanese people walk past debris. A burned train.

Date: 1945, September 19
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075691
Physical education activities for boys in a Japanese primary school

Film opens showing a large well equipped gymnasium in a Japanese school. Some boys are holding onto climbing ropes, watching as several boys run toward the camera, jumping over obstacles. Two of them do somersault vaults over theirs. Next, a large group of boys in meager undershorts and bathing caps run down down the steps of their school behind their teacher, who wears a regular bathing suit. Next, the boys run under a battery of showers to enter a swimming pool. One takes a large beach ball with him. Several closeups follow, of boys and girls standing in front of their school building. Film ends showing very closeup views of an individual boy and girl.

Date: 1939
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675062945
Views of the Japanese ocean liner, Chichibu Maru, including her launching from shipyard of the Yokohama Dock Company

A private high-wing parasol monoplane takes off and passes directly over the camera. A glimpse of factories and smoke stacks in the background, during takeoff. From that airplane, the Japanese ocean liner, Chichibu Maru, is seen underway in water below. Scene shifts completely to interior of a Japanese steel mill, where fiery molten steel rushes out of an open hearth furnace; fire shoots upward from a bessemer converter furnace; A conveyer transports a large crucible of molten steel inside a plant; closeup of its contents being poured into another container. An open hearth furnace about to disgorge its molten steel, with some already running out. Japanese steel workers standing on platform as a crucible of flaming steel passes on a conveyer. Molten steel flaming brightly in various areas within the steel mill as conveyer moves a large crucible in foreground. Closeup of a flaming steel-filled crucible. Scene shifts to workers in a Japanese shipyard. A number of commercial ships are in the waters behind them. Camera changes focus to scaffolding surrounding a large ocean-going ship under construction. Next it shows another nearly-completed ship with "Chichibu Maru" painted on her hull. Next, the Chichibu Maru is seen going down the ways as she is launched on 8 May, 1929. (She would complete fitting out on 10 March, 1930.) Closeup of the hull as she plunges into the water on launch. Some crew and yard workers look down from her deck. Banners are displayed from the launching ceremony. View from a small boat moving around the Chichibu Maru, as she departs on an ocean voyage. Her passengers line the decks, waving goodbyes.

Date: 1930
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675062947
Japanese athletes participate in American football; Karate; and baseball before World War II

Japanese sports prior to World War 2. Closeup of American type football placed on the ground and held by a player as another does a Kick off. Next, players are seen tackling a runner carrying the ball. Scene changes to a gymnasium where Japanese men demonstrate various aspects of Karate. The final scenes show Japanese baseball players warming up before a game. Then baseball players march onto a ball field accompanied by a brass band playing in formation on the field. View of baseball stadium filled with fans as a game is in progress. A batter hits the ball and safely reaches a base, with a hit.

Date: 1939
Duration: 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675062949