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Cherry blossoms at the Yasukuni Shrine and scenes of rural Japan

Sakura cherry blossom trees in full bloom on the grounds of the Yasukuni Shrine (3 Chome-1-1 Kudankita, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 102-8246, Japan) in Tokyo, Japan. After a glimpse of the shrine, the Flag of Japan is seen waving in the breeze. Torii gate at the Yasukuni Shrine. A farmer transports a wagon load of hay in a wagon pulled by a donkey. Boys run behind the wagon. Men are seen carrying heavy loads of brush using poles over their shoulders. People ride on donkeys. Two small boys play a game. A man feeds a small puppy. Two men work with a buck saw. A barber shaves a man outdoors. A man prepares a meal outdoors. A barber shaves a man's head outdoors. People ride through a rural village on donkeys. Men carry children using a bamboo carrying pole. A traveling food merchant cuts a piece of meat for a customer.

Date: 1933
Duration: 1 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675025031
Japan's possible shortages of material for clothing in World War 2. Japanese domestic production of cotton, wool, and silk

Illustrated discussion of Japan's limitations in natural resources prior to World War II. Workers shown in textile mills which employed more than half of Japan's factory workers prior to the war, satisfying domestic and export needs. Analysis of the natural resources. Cotton thread is rolled on the spindles in the Textile mills in Japan. Textile mills produce fabric in Japan. Japanese women work in the textile mills. Bales of raw cotton imported from Japanese possessions in Korea and Formosa, and from the United States,India, Brazil and China. They are transported via horse carts and manually pushed on small rail carts to storage buildings for stockpiling. People cultivating some of the small amount of cotton grown in Japan. Horses and cattle used to pull plows in rice paddies. Pigs used as scavengers. Woolen fabric is produced from wool. Some of Japan's very few sheep being sheared for wool. Women working in fields of mulberry trees where silk worms flourish on their leaves. Views of the silk being spun onto spindles in a factory. Silk fabrics being stacked. Illustrated summary highlights Japanese domestic shortages of cotton, wool, and leather needed for clothing.

Date: 1938
Duration: 5 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025094
Commercial fishing industry of Japan before World War II

Animated map of fishing grounds around Japan that provide one fourth of the world's catch. Movement of the seasonal catch is tracked as it moves Northward during the year. Men and women engaged in commercial fishing, gathering in nets teeming with fish. Fishing boats plying waters of an inland sea. Fishing boats moored along the shores. Larger seagoing fishing boats leaving to operate along the coast of Honshu. Fishermen letting out nets from these boats and using cable winches to retrieve them. Views of refrigerated Japanese fishing ships that also freeze their catches, operatiing in the Siberian maritime provinces and in Alaskan and Arctic waters. Fishing boats, operating before World War 2, are seen pulling crabs aboard. View inside a floating cannery ship where salmon and crabmeat are being canned for export to places like the U.S.A. Closeup of a can displaying "ICEBOUNDBRAND" and text reading: " World Renowned Floating Cannery Pack Fresh from the Deep Sea Waters of Northern Japan. Net contents 13ounces. SELECTED CRABMEAT." Japanese wading in a river, and using trained cormorants, to catch fish. View of fisherman taking fish from his cormorant and placing them into a large jug. view of edible seaweed being harvested and laid out in the sun, in racks. Animated illustration of Japanese man and items included in his dinner of rice, soybean, fish, sea slugs, sea urchins, octopus, lily bulbs, bamboo shoots, bean curd and pickled fruits and vegetables, accompanied by a little saki (rice wine).

Date: 1938
Duration: 3 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025097
Rice paddy field leveling and plowing in Japan

Rice farmer plows and levels rice field in Japan. A horse is used to level the rice paddies. Farmers leading horse as they plow the muddy field. Farmers use hoes to level the rice paddy. April 1934.

Date: 1934, April
Duration: 1 min 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675025113
Rice field fertilization in Japan

Japanese farmers use raw sewage, straws, and weeds as mulch for field fertilization. Grass and weeds are processed into mulch. Japanese farmer treats rice field with fertilizer. Woman steps on weeds, sinking the weeds into the muddy field to make mulch. Artificial fertilizers are also used to fertilize the fields. April 1934.

Date: 1934, April
Duration: 2 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675025114
Koba Iron Foundry after bombing of Tokyo city

Gutted Koba iron foundry after bombing of Tokyo city. Crane used in iron foundry. Burnt building at iron foundry . Men hand cranking crane at iron foundry. Ansska casting factory. Barge used to transport raw material to the iron foundry. Demolished building.19 September 1945. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, September 19
Duration: 3 min 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675025175