Japanese Propaganda film shortly before World War II: Opening slate "La Federacion Japonesa de los gremios de exportadores e importadores con la America Latina Producida por Domei Tsusin Sha". Scenes from exterior and interior of a Radio Studio in Tokyo where a Japanese radio announcer addresses persons of Latin America and South America in Spanish. He introduces a Japanese orchestra in the radio studio which begins to play. Scenes of a map with animation of the radio signals from Japan being carried to Latin America and South America. View of the Tokyo Imperial Palace. View of the Niju-bashi Bridge. Flock of birds flying in Tokyo. Japanese crowd in streets and residential area. Many views of modern buildings for government, offices, businesses, and residential areas of Chiyoda, Tokyo. National Diet Building (1 Chome-7-1 Nagatachō, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-0014, Japan) in Chiyoda City. Embassy buildings of foreign governments. Point of view street views of busy Tokyo streets as seen from a moving vehicle or streetcar (beneath streetcar or trolley wires). View of buildings at Ginza district. View of the iconic Wako Clock Tower (4 Chome-5-11 Ginza, Chuo City, Tokyo 104-0061, Japan) and neon lights at night in Ginza.
Aerial view of buildings and tourist attractions in Asakusa District, Tokyo, Japan. Exterior of Matsuya Department Store Building (1-4-1 Hanakawado, Taito-ku, Tokyo 111-0033). Views over Asakusa and Honjo-Ward from the top of Matsuya Department Store, Sumida River and the vehicles on the Kototoi-Bridge over Sumida River of Asakusa Ave., the facilities of Dai-Nippon Beer Company along Sumida River in the background. to Sensō-ji temple (2 Chome-3-1 Asakusa, Taito City, Tokyo 111-0032, Japan) with the five-story pagoda are also seen. The Kototoi-Bridge over Sumida River, the tugboat going down Sumida River and the rope way on the top of Matsuya Department Store. Tourists taking a walk in the Sumida Park at the riverside and boating under the truss bridge of Tobu Railway in Sumida River.
Western tourists visit the historical city of Kamakura, Japan. Japanese men pulling rickshaws (also known as Jinriksha) with tourists in Kamakura. Tourists visit the Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū Shinto Shrine (2 Chome-1-31 Yukinoshita, Kamakura, Kanagawa 248-8588, Japan). Shinto shrine exterior is seen. A 1000-year old giant gingko tree nicknamed kakure-ichō (hiding ginkgo) stands next to the Tsurugaoka Hachimangū's stairway. Pilgrims climbing stairs in front of the sanctuary and walk on an entrance path to the Shrine. Japanese women visiting the shrine grounds. Western tourists visit the shrine inside. Tourists walk down the stairway of the shrine. View of the Giant Buddha of Kamakura at the Kōtoku-in Buddhist temple in Kamakura (4 Chome-2-28 Hase, Kamakura, Kanagawa 248-0016, Japan).
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.
Tokyo, Japan before World War II. Views of bridge over river and birds fly near the Tokyo Imperial Palace. View of the Niju-bashi Bridge. Flock of birds flying in Tokyo. Japanese crowd in streets and residential area. Many views of modern buildings for government, offices, businesses, and residential areas of Chiyoda, Tokyo. National Diet Building (1 Chome-7-1 Nagatachō, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-0014, Japan) in Chiyoda City. Embassy buildings of foreign governments. Point of view street views of busy Tokyo streets as seen from a moving vehicle or streetcar (beneath streetcar or trolley wires). View of buildings at Ginza district. View of the iconic Wako Clock Tower (4 Chome-5-11 Ginza, Chuo City, Tokyo 104-0061, Japan) in Ginza. Night views of lighted neon signs in busy Tokyo urban center.
Two people head to the gate of Zōjōji Temple (Zōjōji 4 Chome-7-35 Shibakoen, Minato City, Tokyo 105-0011, Japan), in Tokyo, Japan. Japanese pedestrians pass by the busy street where Zōjōji Temple is located. Stone birdbaths can be found on the left side of the Zōjōji Temple. A pigeon in bird bath. A monument stands where remains of beggars are buried. Camera shifts from temple bird bath to the monument for beggars. Entrance to cemetery of Tokugawa Hidetada (1579- 1632), the second Shogun of Japan. Temporary Zōjōji temple after the original building was destroyed by air raids during World War 2. Door to the temporary temple. A statue of Buddha in temple.
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